The growing oversupply of physicians in Ecuador: challenges and implications for the healthcare system
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| author | Jorge Vasconez-Gonzalez Juan S. Izquierdo-Condoy Luis Merlo Bernardo Sandoval Esteban Ortiz-Prado |
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| spellingShingle | Jorge Vasconez-Gonzalez Juan S. Izquierdo-Condoy Luis Merlo Bernardo Sandoval Esteban Ortiz-Prado The growing oversupply of physicians in Ecuador: challenges and implications for the healthcare system Frontiers in Public Health oversupply physicians public health healthcare system Ecuador health workforce |
| title | The growing oversupply of physicians in Ecuador: challenges and implications for the healthcare system |
| title_full | The growing oversupply of physicians in Ecuador: challenges and implications for the healthcare system |
| title_fullStr | The growing oversupply of physicians in Ecuador: challenges and implications for the healthcare system |
| title_full_unstemmed | The growing oversupply of physicians in Ecuador: challenges and implications for the healthcare system |
| title_short | The growing oversupply of physicians in Ecuador: challenges and implications for the healthcare system |
| title_sort | growing oversupply of physicians in ecuador challenges and implications for the healthcare system |
| topic | oversupply physicians public health healthcare system Ecuador health workforce |
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