Nursing home physician specialists: A response to the workforce crisis in long-term care

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 150, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 411-413

  Katz, Paul R ^a,b   Karuza, Jurgis ^b   Intrator, Orna ^b   Mor, Vincent ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GOOD CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEDICAL STAFF; NURSING HOME; NURSING HOME PATIENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 62549119535     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-150-6-200903170-00010     Document Type: Article

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