The shortage of pediatrician workforce in rural areas of Japan

Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 217, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 299-305

  Nomura, Kyoko ^a   Inoue, Satoshi ^a   Yano, Eiji ^a  

^a TEIKYO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Geographic distribution; Gini index; Lorenz curve; Pediatrician; Physician shortage

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEOGRAPHY; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; JAPAN; PEDIATRICIAN; PEDIATRICS; PERSONNEL SHORTAGE; POPULATION RESEARCH; RURAL AREA; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; DEMOGRAPHY; MANPOWER; POPULATION DENSITY; RURAL HEALTH CARE;

DEMOGRAPHY; JAPAN; PEDIATRICS; POPULATION DENSITY; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 66149090736     PISSN: 00408727     EISSN: 13493329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1620/tjem.217.299     Document Type: Article

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