1. Regionalization of Emergency Care Future Directions and Research: Workforce Issues
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Carlos A. Camargo, Edwin Lopez, Angela F. Gardner, Gina M. Piazza, Erin L. Simon, Sandra M. Schneider, Alex Rosenau, Mitesh B. Rao, Adit A. Ginde, Nicholas J. Jouriles, J. Matthew Edwards, and John Rogers
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ComputingMilieux_THECOMPUTINGPROFESSION ,business.industry ,Workforce ,Emergency Medicine ,Medicine ,Economic shortage ,General Medicine ,Research opportunities ,Medical emergency ,business ,medicine.disease - Abstract
The provision of emergency care in the United States, regionalized or not, depends on an adequate workforce. Adequate must be defined both qualitatively and quantitatively. There is currently a shortage of emergency care providers, one that will exist for the foreseeable future. This article discusses what is known about the current emergency medicine (EM) and non-EM workforce, future trends, and research opportunities.
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- 2010
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