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ArticleFrontiers in public health2025

The growing oversupply of physicians in Ecuador: challenges and implications for the healthcare system.

Jorge Vasconez-Gonzalez, Juan S Izquierdo-Condoy, Luis Merlo, Bernardo Sandoval, Esteban Ortiz-Prado

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Article in Frontiers in public health, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Jorge Vasconez-GonzalezOne Health Research Group, Faculty of Health Science, Universidad de Las Americas, Quito, Ecuador.
Juan S Izquierdo-CondoyOne Health Research Group, Faculty of Health Science, Universidad de Las Americas, Quito, Ecuador.
Luis MerloDean of the Faculty of Medicine at Universidad de Las Américas, Quito, Ecuador.
Bernardo SandovalMedical Director of the Metropolitan Specialties Hospital, Quito, Ecuador.
Esteban Ortiz-PradoOne Health Research Group, Faculty of Health Science, Universidad de Las Americas, Quito, Ecuador.

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6 · The paper itself

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Ecuadorgeographic disparityhealthcare systemhealth workforceoversupplyphysician distributionphysicianspublic health

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PMID40900713
PMCPMC12399641

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