The Near-future Impact of Retirement on the Urologic Workforce: Results From the American Urological Association Census

Urology

Volumn 94, Issue , 2016, Pages 85-89

  Gaither, Thomas W ^a   Awad, Mohannad A ^a   Fang, Raymond ^b   Clemens, J Quentin ^c   Meeks, William ^b   Gulig, Scott ^b   Erickson, Bradley A ^d   McKenna, Patrick H ^e   Gonzalez, Christopher M ^f   Osterberg, E Charles ^a   Breyer, Benjamin N ^a  

^a SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b American Urological Association   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^f CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MIDDLE AGED; NORMAL HUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETIREMENT; RURAL AREA; UNITED STATES; UROLOGIST; UROLOGY; FORECASTING; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; MANPOWER; POPULATION RESEARCH; SELF REPORT; TIME FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CENSUSES; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETIREMENT; SELF REPORT; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; UROLOGY;

EID: 84991228370     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: 15279995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2016.04.053     Document Type: Article

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