Pediatricians' practice location choice-evaluating the effect of Japan's 2004 postgraduate training program on the spatial distribution of pediatricians

Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 239-249

  Sakai, Rie ^a,b   Fink, Günther ^a   Kawachi, Ichiro ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Human resources; Japan; Physician distribution; Postgraduate medical training program

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; JAPAN; MANPOWER; MEDICAL EDUCATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIAN; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; TIME;

CHOICE BEHAVIOR; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; HUMANS; JAPAN; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIANS; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE LOCATION; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84899847444     PISSN: 09175040     EISSN: 13499092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2188/jea.JE20130117     Document Type: Article

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