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Physician Workforce

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A Shortage Of Physicians Or A Surplus Of Assumptions?

People’s interest in physician workforce planning has been cyclical. During the 1960s and 1970s a looming doctor shortage was feared. In response, federal and state intervention led to a doubling of training programs; by the 1980s, in the classic American tradition of "policy overshoot," many believed that an oversupply was imminent.

During the 1990s the main workforce topic on the table was whether Medicare should continue its several-billion-dollar annual outlay in support of residency training. To help address this issue, Congress commissioned the Council on Graduate Medical Education (COGME), which reported that by the year 2000 the expected staffing ratio . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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