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MDs: [missing doctors?].

Terese Hudson Thrall
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Hospitals in places as varied as West Virginia, Missouri, Arizona and southern California say recruiting and keeping physicians are big problems, and getting bigger. But the evidence and the experts differ over whether a nationwide physician shortage on the scale of the nursing shortage is emerging or whether it is limited to specific markets.

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Decision MakingEconomics, MedicalHealth Care SurveysHealth WorkforceHumansInsurance, LiabilityMedical Staff, HospitalPersonnel SelectionProfessional Practice LocationSpecializationUnited StatesJournal Article

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Terese Hudson Thrall. 2003. MDs: [missing doctors?].. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12633067/

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