Evaluating the effect of Japan's 2004 postgraduate training programme on the spatial distribution of physicians

Human Resources for Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Sakai, Rie ^a,b   Tamura, Hiroshi ^c,d   Goto, Rei ^e,f   Kawachi, Ichiro ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d KYOTO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^e KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

EVALUATION STUDY; HUMAN; JAPAN; MANPOWER; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STAFF; PHYSICIAN; POPULATION DENSITY; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL CLASS; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION; TRENDS; URBAN POPULATION;

EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; PHYSICIANS; POPULATION DENSITY; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE LOCATION; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SOCIAL CLASS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84928675682     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14784491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1478-4491-13-5     Document Type: Article

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