The Coming Shortage of Surgeons : Why They Are Disappearing and What That Means for Our Health
Thomas E. Williams
Bok Engelsk 2009 · Electronic books.
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Utgitt | Santa Barbara : : ABC-CLIO, , 2009.
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Omfang | 1 online resource (220 p.)
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Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Series Foreword; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Acronyms; 1. The Problem; 2. Demand for a Surgical/Medical Workforce; 3. Surgical Supply: Residents-The Future Surgeons; 4. Constraints to Supply: Pertinent Issues; 5. Calculating Physician Supply: The Model-Assumptions, Relevant Parameters, and the Algorithm; 6. Orthopedic Surgery; 7. Cardiothoracic Surgery; 8. Otolaryngology; 9. Obstetrics and Gynecology; 10. General Surgery; 11. Neurosurgery; 12. Urology. - 13. The Last Hurdle: The Balanced Budget Act of 1997 and Graduate Medical Education Funding14. Is There a Solution? Numerical Projections, and Improving Physicians' Productivity; 15. Challenges and Consequences; Epilogue; Appendix; Notes; Index; About the Authors; About the Series Editor. - The Coming Shortage of Surgeons: Why They Are Disappearing and What That Means for Our Health is the only quantitative analysis of the workforce in orthopedic and thoracic surgery, otolaryngology, obstetrics and gynecology, general surgery, neurosurgery, and urology. It analyzes the demand and supply for these surgeons and gives the causes and remedies for these shortages.||The Coming Shortage of Surgeons quantifies the demand for the surgical workforce, then examines the constraints to supply, which include soaring tuition and medical students' debts, the demand for a controllable or schedule
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Emner | Surgeons - Supply and demand - United States
Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena Disciplines and Occupations Education Vis mer... Education, Graduate
Education, Medical Education, Medical, Graduate Education, Medical, Graduate - trends Education, Professional General Surgery General Surgery - manpower Health Occupations Medicine Specialties, Surgical Specialties, Surgical - trends Health & Biological Sciences Surgery & Anesthesiology Surgery - General and By Type |
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ISBN | 9780313380709
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