Growth and changes in the National Health Service Corps (NHSC) workforce with the American recovery and reinvestment act

Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 723-733

  Pathman, Donald E ^a   Konrad, Thomas R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

American recovery and reinvestment act; Health personnel; Health policy; National Health Service Corps; Primary health care; Rural health

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DENTAL HEALTH; DENTIST; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; FUNDING; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE MANPOWER; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; NURSE PRACTITIONER; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

AMERICAN RECOVERY AND REINVESTMENT ACT; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FINANCING, GOVERNMENT; HEALTH MANPOWER; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL HEALTH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84866154327     PISSN: 15572625     EISSN: 15587118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2012.05.110261     Document Type: Article

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