Predictive modeling the physician assistant supply: 2010-2025

Public Health Reports

Volumn 126, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 708-716

  Hooker, Roderick S ^a   Cawley, James F ^b   Everett, Christine M ^c  

^a LEWIN GROUP   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEMALE; GRADUATE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PERSONNEL SHORTAGE; PHYSICIAN; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT; PHYSICIAN SHORTAGE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; EDUCATION; HEALTH SERVICE; MANPOWER; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80155180018     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: 14682877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003335491112600513     Document Type: Article

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