The US Physician Workforce Where Do We Stand? /
Cooper, Richard.
The US Physician Workforce Where Do We Stand? / [electronic resource]: Richard Cooper - Paris : OECD Publishing, 2008. - 68 p. ; 21 x 29.7cm. - OECD Health Working Papers, no.37 18152015 ; . - OECD Health Working Papers, no.37. .
This review surveys trends in physician supply in the United States from 1980 to the present with particular attention to the participation of International Medical Graduates. It discussed the composition of the physician workforce with regards to the number of family practitioners, specialists, women physicians and the aging of the workforce. Changes in the inflows and outflows of the physician workforce are discussed and, in particular, how international migration, retirement, part-time practice and alternative employment have impacted the physician workforce.
Social Issues/Migration/Health
United States
The US Physician Workforce Where Do We Stand? / [electronic resource]: Richard Cooper - Paris : OECD Publishing, 2008. - 68 p. ; 21 x 29.7cm. - OECD Health Working Papers, no.37 18152015 ; . - OECD Health Working Papers, no.37. .
This review surveys trends in physician supply in the United States from 1980 to the present with particular attention to the participation of International Medical Graduates. It discussed the composition of the physician workforce with regards to the number of family practitioners, specialists, women physicians and the aging of the workforce. Changes in the inflows and outflows of the physician workforce are discussed and, in particular, how international migration, retirement, part-time practice and alternative employment have impacted the physician workforce.
Social Issues/Migration/Health
United States