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Weighing the Evidence for Expanding Physician Supply

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Policy decisions for the past 20 years for medical schools and residency programs have been based on the prediction that the United States would have a surplus of physicians. The author reviews the evidence that this prediction was wrong and concludes that physician shortages are emerging and that they will probably worsen over the next 20 years because the United States is not actively addressing the problem.

Key Words: physician surplus • health care costs • physician shortages

Perspectives in Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapy, Vol. 17, No. 3, 267-1-268 (2005)
DOI: 10.1177/153100350501700318


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