Supply and demand of board-certified emergency physicians by U.S. state, 2005

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1014-1018

  Sullivan, Ashley F ^a   Ginde, Adit A ^b   Espinola, Janice A ^a   Camargo Jr , Carlos A ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Board certification; Emergency physicians; Rural; Staffing; Workforce

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CERTIFICATION; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; EMERGENCY WARD; HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL POPULATION; UNITED STATES;

CERTIFICATION; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIANS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70350044154     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2009.00509.x     Document Type: Article

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