Salary discrepancies between practicing male and female physician assistants

Women's Health Issues

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Coplan, Bettie ^a   Essary, Alison C ^a   Virden, Thomas B ^a   Cawley, James ^b   Stoehr, James D ^a  

^a MIDWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FEMALE; FUNDING; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; MALE; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT; PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT; SALARY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPECIALIZATION; WORK EXPERIENCE; WORKING TIME; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; DATA COLLECTION; EFFICIENCY; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDICS; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS; PRACTICE MANAGEMENT, MEDICAL; PREJUDICE; SALARIES AND FRINGE BENEFITS; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84855604824     PISSN: 10493867     EISSN: 18784321     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.whi.2011.06.004     Document Type: Article

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