The US Physician Workforce [electronic resource]: Where Do We Stand? / Richard Cooper

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Cooper, Richard

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ArticleSeries: OECD Health Working Papers ; no.37.Publication details: Paris : OECD Publishing, 2008.Description: 68 p. ; 21 x 29.7cmSubject(s):

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Abstract: 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.

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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.

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