The growing shortage of vascular neurologists in the era of health reform: Planning is brain!

Stroke

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 822-827

  Leira, Enrique C ^a   Kaskie, Brian ^b   Froehler, Michael T ^a   Adams, Harold P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Health policy; Health reform; Interventional neurology; Vascular neurology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOLOGIST; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CERTIFICATION; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NEUROLOGIST; PATIENT CARE; PERSONNEL SHORTAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84876207371     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.111.000466     Document Type: Article

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