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Physician workforce planning in Canada: the importance of accounting for population aging and changing physician hours of work
Rabiul Islam, Boris Kralj and Arthur Sweetman
CMAJ March 06, 2023 195 (9) E335-E340; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.221239
Rabiul Islam
Department of Economics (Islam, Kralj, Sweetman); Centre for Health Economics and Policy Analysis (CHEPA) (Kralj, Sweetman); Health Policy PhD program (Sweetman), McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.
MABoris Kralj
Department of Economics (Islam, Kralj, Sweetman); Centre for Health Economics and Policy Analysis (CHEPA) (Kralj, Sweetman); Health Policy PhD program (Sweetman), McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.
PhDArthur Sweetman
Department of Economics (Islam, Kralj, Sweetman); Centre for Health Economics and Policy Analysis (CHEPA) (Kralj, Sweetman); Health Policy PhD program (Sweetman), McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.
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Physician workforce planning in Canada: the importance of accounting for population aging and changing physician hours of work
Rabiul Islam, Boris Kralj, Arthur Sweetman
CMAJ Mar 2023, 195 (9) E335-E340; DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.221239
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