The decentralized training program and the retention of general practitioners in Quebec's Lower St. Lawrence Region;Le programme d'enseignement décentralisé et la rétention des médecins omnipraticiens dans la région du Bas-Saint-Laurent au Québec

Canadian Family Physician

Volumn 55, Issue 9, 2009, Pages

  Bustinza, Ray ^a   Gagnon, Suzanne ^b,c   Burigusa, Guillaume ^b  

^a INSTITUT NATIONAL DE SANTÉ PUBLIQUE DU QUÉBEC   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c Gouvernement du Quebec   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; DECENTRALIZATION; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL STUDENT; PHYSICIAN; PROBABILITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RURAL AREA; SURVIVAL;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; HUMANS; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; QUEBEC; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 70349317299     PISSN: 0008350X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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