Pediatric surgery workforce: supply and demand

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1677-1682

  Nakayama, Don K ^a   Burd, Randall S ^b   Newman, Kurt D ^b  

^a MERCER UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Pediatric surgery; Pediatric surgical practice; Surgical workforce

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENERAL SURGERY; JOB ANALYSIS; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PENSIONER; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGEON; TRAINING;

CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; GENERAL SURGERY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INTERNET; PEDIATRICS; POPULATION GROWTH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 69549114691     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2009.03.036     Document Type: Article

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