The pathologist workforce in the United States: II. An interactive modeling tool for analyzing future qualitative and quantitative staffing demands for services

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 139, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 1413-1430

  Robboy, Stanley J ^a   Gupta, Saurabh ^b   Crawford, James M ^c   Cohen, Michael B ^d   Karcher, Donald S ^e   Leonard, Debra G B ^f   Magnani, Barbarajean ^g   Novis, David A ^h   Prystowsky, Michael B ⁱ   Powell, Suzanne Z ^j   Gross, David J ^k   Black Schaffer, W Stephen ^l  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Smart Cube   (India)

^c Northwell Health   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h Novis Consulting LLC   (United States)

ⁱ ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^j HOUSTON METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

^k North Carolina   (United States)

^l HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEMALE; FORECASTING; HEALTH CARE MANPOWER; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; MANPOWER; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; THEORETICAL MODEL; TRENDS; UNITED STATES;

FEMALE; FORECASTING; HEALTH MANPOWER; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PATHOLOGY, CLINICAL; PATIENT CARE MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84945946349     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: 15432165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5858/arpa.2014-0559-OA     Document Type: Article

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