Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 54, Issue 3 , Pages 349-359 , September 2009

National Study of the Emergency Physician Workforce, 2008

  • Adit A. Ginde, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine, Aurora, CO
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for correspondence: Adit A. Ginde, MD, MPH, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine, 12401 E 17th Ave, B-215, Aurora, CO 80045; 720-848-6777, fax 720-848-7374
    • ,
  • Ashley F. Sullivan, MS, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
    • ,
  • Carlos A. Camargo Jr, MD, DrPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

Received 5 February 2009 ,Revised 2 March 2009 ,Accepted 11 March 2009.

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 Author contributions: AAG, AFS, and CAC conceived and designed the study. AAG provided statistical advice, acquired the data, and performed the analysis. All authors contributed to data interpretation, and AAG drafted the article. All authors contributed substantially to article revision and approved the final version. AAG takes responsibility for the paper as a whole.

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 Publication date: Available online April 24, 2009.

PII: S0196-0644(09)00274-1

doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2009.03.016

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 54, Issue 3 , Pages 349-359 , September 2009

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