Workforce Issues in Rural Surgery

Surgical Clinics of North America

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1285-1291

  Lynge, Dana Christian ^a   Larson, Eric H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Health workforce shortage; Rural surgeons; Rural surgery; Surgeon demography; Surgical workforce

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DEMOGRAPHY; GENERAL SURGERY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE MANPOWER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; PERSONNEL SHORTAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SURGICAL TRAINING; TREND STUDY; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

CENSUSES; DEMOGRAPHY; GENERAL SURGERY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; PHYSICIANS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70450183874     PISSN: 00396109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.suc.2009.07.003     Document Type: Review

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