The migration of surgeons

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 251, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 363-367

  Ricketts, Thomas C ^a,b  

^a American College of Surgeons Health Policy Research Institute   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL PHYSICIAN; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MIGRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SURGEON; URBAN AREA; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; MALE; MANPOWER; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77449149214     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e3181c9b55a     Document Type: Article

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