The association among specialty, race, ethnicity, and practice location among California physicians in diverse specialties

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 104, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 46-52

  Walker, Kara Odom ^a   Moreno, Gerardo ^b   Grumbach, Kevin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Access; Physicians; Underserved; Workforce

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN; COMMUNITY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PACIFIC ISLANDER; PERSONNEL SHORTAGE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE;

EID: 84861820179     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0027-9684(15)30126-7     Document Type: Article

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