US Physician Workforce: Where do we Stand?
Language:
English
Publisher:
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Series/Journal Title:
OECD Health Working Papers
Copyright:
2008
Pages:
68
Description:
This review surveys trends in physician supply in the United States from 1980 to the present. It discusses the composition of the physician workforce; changes in the inflows and outflows of the physician workforce; and how international migration, retirement, part-time practice and alternative employment have impacted the physician workforce. Finally, the paper considers implications of physician shortages and the recruitment of physicians from abroad. [adapted from summary]
Subject
Geographic Focus
Resource Type
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