Medical student debt and primary care specialty intentions

Family Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 616-622

  Phillips, Julie P ^a   Weismantel, David P ^a   Gold, Katherine J ^b   Schwenk, Thomas L ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; ETHNIC GROUP; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SPECIALIZATION; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CAREER CHOICE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; ETHNIC GROUPS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MICHIGAN; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RHODE ISLAND; SPECIALIZATION; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; TRAINING SUPPORT;

EID: 77958087791     PISSN: 07423225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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