Who wants to enroll in health care PhD programs? An analysis of a nationwide graduate destination survey

Journal of the Chinese Medical Association

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 286-291

  Pan, Ying Ju ^a   Lee, Lung Sheng ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL UNITED UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Career choice; Graduate education; Health care; Human resource development

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH PROGRAM; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PHD STUDENT; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; TAIWAN;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE;

EID: 84862507883     PISSN: 17264901     EISSN: 17287731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcma.2012.04.013     Document Type: Article

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