The dermatology work force: A focus on urban versus rural wait times

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 17-22

  Uhlenhake, Elizabeth ^a   Brodell, Robert ^a,b,c   Mostow, Eliot ^a,b  

^a NORTHEAST OHIO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; DERMATOLOGIST; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; INSURANCE; MANPOWER; MANPOWER SHORTAGE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; DERMATOLOGY; HUMANS; OHIO; RURAL POPULATION; SKIN DISEASES; URBAN POPULATION; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 67349220060     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2008.09.008     Document Type: Article

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