Does fellowship pay: What is the long-term financial impact of subspecialty training in pediatrics?

Pediatrics

Volumn 127, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 254-260

  Rochlin, Jonathan M ^a,b,c   Simon, Harold K ^a,b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Pediatric Emergency Medicine   (United States)

^c SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Career choice; Educational investment; Fellows; Graduate medical education; Health economics; Human capital; Pediatrics; Residency; Salaries and fringe benefits; Subspecialists; Training

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPENSATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PEDIATRICIAN; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIAN INCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; RESIDENT;

DATA COLLECTION; FELLOWSHIPS AND SCHOLARSHIPS; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MEDICINE; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIANS; SALARIES AND FRINGE BENEFITS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79551542398     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2010-1285     Document Type: Article

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