Utilizing International Medical Graduates in Health Care Delivery. Brain Drain, Brain Gain, or Brain Waste? A Win-Win Approach at University of California, Los Angeles

Primary Care - Clinics in Office Practice

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 643-648

  Dowling, Patrick T ^a   Bholat, Michelle Anne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Affordable Care Act; Brain drain; Brain waste; Health disparities; International medical graduates; Limited english proficiency; Linguistic barriers to care; Medical migration

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION SKILL; COMMUNITY CARE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FAMILY MEDICINE; FOREIGN WORKER; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH LITERACY; HISPANIC; HOME CARE; HUMAN; IMMIGRATION; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LAW; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; MIGRATION; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FOREIGN MEDICAL GRADUATES; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; LICENSURE, MEDICAL; LOS ANGELES; MULTILINGUALISM; PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT;

EID: 84869077945     PISSN: 00954543     EISSN: 1558299X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pop.2012.08.002     Document Type: Review

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