Mandatory rural service for health care workers in Thailand

Rural and Remote Health

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Wiwanitkit, V ^a  

^a NONE   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Health care worker; Health policy; Mandatory; Physicians; Thailand

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE MANPOWER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MANDATORY PROGRAM; MEDICAL SCHOOL; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHYSICIAN; RURAL HEALTH CARE; THAILAND;

HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTH MANPOWER; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MANDATORY PROGRAMS; PHYSICIANS; PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC SECTOR; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; THAILAND;

EID: 79959792450     PISSN: 14456354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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