Bleeding talent: A lesson from industry on embracing physician workforce challenges

Journal of Hospital Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 306-310

  Kneeland, Patrick P ^a   Kneeland, Christine ^b,c   Wachter, Robert M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Kantar Group   (United Kingdom)

^c Center Partners   (United States)

Author keywords

Physician recruitment; Physician shortage; Talent facilitation; Talent management

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL PROFESSION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; WORK EXPERIENCE;

APTITUDE; HEALTH CARE SECTOR; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; PHYSICIANS; POPULATION GROWTH; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RETIREMENT;

EID: 77953512022     PISSN: 15535592     EISSN: 15535606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jhm.594     Document Type: Review

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