Global supply of health professionals

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 370, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 950-957

  Crisp, Nigel ^a   Chen, Lincoln ^b  

^a HOUSE OF LORDS   (United Kingdom)

^b China Medical Board   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AWARENESS; DEMOGRAPHY; DOCTORAL EDUCATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE INDUSTRY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH PROMOTION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PERSONNEL SHORTAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, DISTANCE; EDUCATION, PROFESSIONAL; HEALTH MANPOWER; HEALTH OCCUPATIONS; NURSES; PHYSICIANS; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 84895469890     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMra1111610     Document Type: Review

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