Prevalence and compensation of academic leaders, professors, and trustees on publicly traded US healthcare company boards of directors: Cross sectional study

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 351, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Anderson, Timothy S ^a   Good, Chester B ^b   Gellad, Walid F ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BOARD OF TRUSTEES; COMPENSATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH; UNITED STATES; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATOR; MEDICAL SCHOOL; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICERS, HOSPITAL; COMPENSATION AND REDRESS; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FACULTY, MEDICAL; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FINANCING, PERSONAL; HUMANS; INTERINSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; PREVALENCE; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; TRUSTEES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84947284019     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.h4826     Document Type: Article

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