Trends In The Physician Workforce, 1980-2000

Over the past twenty-five years the nation has struggled with a series of physician workforce issues: determining the appropriate number of physicians needed and the appropriate number to produce; the role of international medical school graduates; the mix of primary care and non-primary care physic...

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Published inHealth Affairs Vol. 21; no. 5; pp. 165 - 173
Main Authors Salsberg, Edward S, Forte, Gaetano J
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Health Affairs 01.09.2002
The People to People Health Foundation, Inc., Project HOPE
Subjects
Adult
Female
Foreign Medical Graduates - supply & distribution
Graduations & commencements
Health care policy
Health education
Health Policy - trends
Health Workforce - statistics & numerical data
Health Workforce - trends
Humans
Labor force
Male
Medical education
Medical schools
Medicine
Middle Aged
Minority Groups - education
Minority Groups - statistics & numerical data
Multiculturalism & pluralism
Needs Assessment
Osteopathic medicine
Physicians
Physicians - supply & distribution
Physicians, Family - supply & distribution
Physicians, Women - supply & distribution
Population
Primary care
Professional Practice Location
Rural areas
Rural Health Services
Statistical analysis
Trends
United States
Workforce
United States > US
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Summary:Over the past twenty-five years the nation has struggled with a series of physician workforce issues: determining the appropriate number of physicians needed and the appropriate number to produce; the role of international medical school graduates; the mix of primary care and non-primary care physicians; efforts to increase the number of underrepresented minorities in medicine and the supply of physicians in rural areas; and the impact of the growing number of female physicians. This paper documents physician workforce trends over the past twenty years, especially as they relate to these issues.
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ISSN:0278-2715
1544-5208
DOI:10.1377/hlthaff.21.5.165