Family physicians in the maternity care workforce: Factors influencing declining trends

Maternal and Child Health Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1576-1581

  Tong, Sebastian T ^a   Makaroff, Laura A ^b   Xierali, Imam M ^b   Puffer, James C ^c   Newton, Warren P ^d   Bazemore, Andrew W ^b  

^a Lawrence Family Medicine Residency   (United States)

^b ROBERT GRAHAM CENTER   (United States)

^c AMERICAN BOARD OF FAMILY MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Family medicine; Geographic distribution; Maternity care workforce; Obstetrics gynecology; Physician workforce

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MANPOWER; RISK; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; ODDS RATIO; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84889101362     PISSN: 10927875     EISSN: 15736628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10995-012-1159-8     Document Type: Article

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