The rural medical scholars program study: Data to inform rural health policy

Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 93-101

  Wheat, John R ^a   Leeper, James D ^a   Brandon, John E ^a   Guin, Susan M ^a   Jackson, James R ^a  

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

Author keywords

Evaluation; Family medicine; Health policy; Residency choice; Rural medical education; Rural medicine

Indexed keywords

CAREER PLANNING; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EVALUATION; FAMILY MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; REVIEW; RURAL AREA; RURAL HEALTH CARE; RURAL MEDICAL SCHOLARS PROGRAM; UNIVERSITY; URBAN AREA;

ALABAMA; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DATA COLLECTION; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; ODDS RATIO; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE LOCATION; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78651353037     PISSN: 15572625     EISSN: 15587118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2011.01.100013     Document Type: Review

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