Supply of doctors to a rural region: Occupations of Tromsø medical graduates 1979-2012

Medical Teacher

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 1078-1082

  Aaraas, Ivar J ^a   Halvorsen, Peder A ^a   Aasland, Olaf G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; MALE; MANPOWER; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; NORWAY; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; REGISTER; RURAL HEALTH CARE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; NORWAY; PHYSICIANS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE LOCATION; REGISTRIES; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 84983666709     PISSN: 0142159X     EISSN: 1466187X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/0142159X.2015.1009427     Document Type: Article

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