Distance to care and relative supply among pediatric surgical subspecialties

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 483-495

  Mayer, Michelle L ^a,b   Beil, Heather A ^b   von Allmen, Daniel ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Geographic access to care; Pediatric subspecialty care; Workforce

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGEON; THORAX SURGERY;

DEMOGRAPHY; GENERAL SURGERY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; NEUROSURGERY; OPHTHALMOLOGY; ORTHOPEDICS; OTOLARYNGOLOGY; PEDIATRICS; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE LOCATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 62249215690     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2008.08.015     Document Type: Article

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