Estimation of numbers of British medical graduates working in the National Health Service: Comparison of capture-recapture analysis and exhaustive tracing

Journal of Health Services Research and Policy

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 234-236

  Lambert, Trevor ^a   Goldacre, Michael ^a   Davidson, Jean ^a   Parkhouse, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ASSAY; CAPTURE RECAPTURE ANALYSIS; EXHAUSTIVE TRACING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED KINGDOM;

DATA COLLECTION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICIANS; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 7044252897     PISSN: 13558196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/1355819042250212     Document Type: Article

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