States' Experiences With Loan Repayment Programs for Health Care Professionals in a Time of State Budget Cuts and NHSC Expansion

Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 408-415

  Pathman, Donald E ^a,b   Morgan, Jennifer Craft ^a,b   Konrad, Thomas R ^a   Goldberg, Lynda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Access to care; Physician supply; Policy; Program evaluation; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BUDGET; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

BUDGETS; FINANCING, GOVERNMENT; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; STATE GOVERNMENT; TRAINING SUPPORT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84867991786     PISSN: 0890765X     EISSN: 17480361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-0361.2012.00409.x     Document Type: Article

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