The general surgery workforce shortage is worse when assessed at county level

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 206, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1016-1023

  Stewart, Ronald M ^a,b   Liao, Lillian F ^a,b   West, Molly ^a   Sirinek, Kenneth R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b University Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

General surgery; Physician recruitment and retention; Rural; Surgery; Texas; Workforce

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMAN; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PERSONNEL SHORTAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RURAL AREA; SURGEON; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA;

GENERAL SURGERY; PHYSICIAN RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION; RURAL; SURGERY; TEXAS; WORKFORCE;

GENERAL SURGERY; HEALTH MANPOWER; HUMANS; PHYSICIANS; RURAL POPULATION; TEXAS;

EID: 84889099778     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: 18791883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2013.07.018     Document Type: Article

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