Getting the science right on the surgeon workforce issue

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 146, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 381-384

  Etzioni, David A ^a   Finlayson, Samuel R ^b   Ricketts, Thomas C ^c   Lynge, Dana C ^d   Dimick, Justin B ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT PEMBROKE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURGEON; SURGICAL TRAINING;

BENCHMARKING; GENERAL SURGERY; HEALTH MANPOWER; HEALTH PLANNING; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MODELS, ECONOMIC; PHYSICIANS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79955046727     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: 15383644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.2011.64     Document Type: Review

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