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Physician Supply During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Crisis: the Role of Hazard Pay

Author: Gregory W. Ruhnke, MD, MS, MPH

Published in: Journal of General Internal Medicine | Issue 8/2020

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The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) crisis has pushed the limits of our health care infrastructure, including the labor components of health system capacity, given the increasing incidence of clinically significant nosocomial infection with health care workers becoming exposed, infected, and overworked. …

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Title: Physician Supply During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Crisis: the Role of Hazard Pay
Author: Gregory W. Ruhnke, MD, MS, MPH
Publication date: 01-08-2020
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Keyword: COVID-19
Published in: Journal of General Internal Medicine / Issue 8/2020
Print ISSN: 0884-8734
Electronic ISSN: 1525-1497
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-020-05931-x

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