An empirical investigation of the differences between male and female medical school physicians

Health Care Manager

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 334-341

  Deshpande, Sagar S ^a   Deshpande, Satish P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

gender; medical schools; physicians

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN; SALARY AND FRINGE BENEFIT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; FACULTY, MEDICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIANS; PHYSICIANS, PRIMARY CARE; SALARIES AND FRINGE BENEFITS; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80455150414     PISSN: 15255794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HCM.0b013e31823512d9     Document Type: Article

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