Comparison of physician workforce estimates and supply projections

JAMA

Volumn 302, Issue 15, 2009, Pages 1674-1680

  Staiger, Douglas O ^a,b   Auerbach, David I ^c   Buerhaus, Peter I ^d  

^a Dartmouth College   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c Macroeconomic Analysis Division   (United States)

^d VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MEDICARE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; WORK; AGE DISTRIBUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FORECASTING; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; DATA COLLECTION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIANS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70350728742     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2009.1461     Document Type: Article

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