Shortage of pediatricians in Japan: A longitudinal analysis using physicians' survey data

Pediatrics International

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 645-649

  Ide, Hiroo ^a,b   Yasunaga, Hideo ^b   Koike, Soichi ^a   Kodama, Tomoko ^c   Igarashi, Takashi ^d   Imamura, Tomoaki ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

^d NARA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Health manpower; Pediatricians; Physician shortage

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DENTIST; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL SERVICE; JAPAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PEDIATRICIAN; PHARMACIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; JAPAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIANS;

EID: 68949211450     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: 1442200X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200X.2009.02839.x     Document Type: Article

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