Physician workforce planning in an era of health care reform

Academic Medicine

Volumn 88, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1822-1826

  Grover, Atul ^a   Niecko Najjum, Lidia M ^a  

^a ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN MEDICAL COLLEGES   (United States)

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EID: 84889082336     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: 1938808X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0000000000000036     Document Type: Review

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