Time to revisit recommendations on doctor to population ratio in India

Journal of Association of Physicians of India

Volumn 64, Issue OCTOBER, 2016, Pages 72-74

  Deo, Madhav G ^a  

^a Moving Academy of Medicine and Biomedicine   (India)

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Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE MANPOWER; HUMAN; INDIA; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HEALTH MANPOWER; HUMANS; INDIA; PHYSICIANS;

EID: 84989299979     PISSN: 00045772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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