Self-employment, specialty choice, and geographical distribution of physicians in Japan: A comparison with the United States

Health Policy

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 239-244

  Matsumoto, Masatoshi ^a   Inoue, Kazuo ^b   Bowman, Robert ^c   Kajii, Eiji ^a  

^a JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TEIKYO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c A T STILL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Geographic locations; Japan; Physicians; Specialists; United States

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIOLOGY; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; JAPAN; MEDICINE; NORMAL HUMAN; OFFICE WORKER; PATHOLOGY; PHYSICIAN; RADIOLOGY; SELF EMPLOYMENT; UNITED STATES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECISION MAKING; PRIVATE PRACTICE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION;

CAREER CHOICE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; JAPAN; MEDICINE; PHYSICIANS; PRIVATE PRACTICE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE LOCATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77954456407     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2010.02.008     Document Type: Article

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