Predicting the demand of physician workforce: An international model based on "crowd behaviors"

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Tsai, Tsuen Chiuan ^a,b   Eliasziw, Misha ^c   Chen, Der Fang ^d,e  

^a E DA HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b I SHOU UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^d CATHAY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^e FU JEN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Healthcare quality; Medical education; Physician demand; Physician manpower; Prediction model

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; CROWDING; FEMALE; GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MORTALITY; PHYSICIAN; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICAL MODEL; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

BIRTH RATE; CROWDING; FEMALE; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MORTALITY; PHYSICIANS; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIAL CLASS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84858740068     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-12-79     Document Type: Article

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