Osteopathic physicians and international medical graduates in the rural primary care physician workforce

Family Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 396-403

  Fordyce Dr , Meredith A ^a   Doescher, Mark P ^a   Chen, Frederick M ^a   Hart, L Gary ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EDUCATION; FOREIGN WORKER; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MANPOWER; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE; RURAL HEALTH CARE; RURAL POPULATION; UNITED STATES;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FOREIGN MEDICAL GRADUATES; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE; OSTEOPATHIC PHYSICIANS; PHYSICIANS, PRIMARY CARE; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; RURAL POPULATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84862608197     PISSN: 07423225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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