Urbanization and physician maldistribution: A longitudinal study in Japan

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Tanihara, Shinichi ^a,c   Kobayashi, Yasuki ^b   Une, Hiroshi ^a   Kawachi, Ichiro ^c  

^a FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; JAPAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MANPOWER; PHYSICIAN; RURAL HEALTH CARE; URBANIZATION;

HEALTH POLICY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; JAPAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; PHYSICIANS; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; URBANIZATION;

EID: 80053603960     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-11-260     Document Type: Article

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