Distributed education enables distributed economic impact: the economic contribution of the Northern Ontario School of Medicine to communities in Canada

Abstract Background Medical schools with distributed or regional programs encourage people to live, work, and learn in communities that may be economically challenged. Local spending by the program, staff, teachers, and students has a local economic impact. Although the economic impact of DME has be...

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Main Authors: John C. Hogenbirk, David R. Robinson, Roger P. Strasser
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-06-01
Series:Health Economics Review
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13561-021-00317-z