Projecting Thailand physician supplies between 2012 and 2030: Application of cohort approaches

Human Resources for Health

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Suphanchaimat, Rapeepong ^a   Wisaijohn, Thunthita ^a   Thammathacharee, Noppakun ^a   Tangcharoensathien, Viroj ^a  

^a MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Annual loss rate; Cohort analysis; Physician projection; Physician to population ratio

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874018903     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14784491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1478-4491-11-3     Document Type: Article

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