The migration of physicians and the local supply of practitioners: A five-year comparison

Academic Medicine

Volumn 88, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1913-1918

  Ricketts, Thomas C ^a  

^a IL   (United States)

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EID: 84889093502     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: 1938808X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0000000000000012     Document Type: Article

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