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To the Editor: In Table 2 of his Special Report (March 20 issue),¹ Benatar compares the health care system in his country with that in the United States. Benatar shows the United States as having a ratio of specialists to family practitioners of 1:1. In the past three years, this ratio has been well documented by many authors in the North American literature as 2:1, if not 2.5:1, depending on the definition of primary care physicians used.^2,3,4

Julien F. Biebuyck, M.D.
Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine
Hershey, PA 17033

References

1. Benatar SR. Health care reform in the new South Africa. N Engl J Med 1997;336:891-895. [Free Full Text]
2. Weiner JP. Forecasting the effects of health reform on US physician workforce requirement: evidence from HMO staffing patterns. JAMA 1994;272:222-230. [Abstract]
3. Cooper RA. Seeking a balanced physician workforce for the 21st century. JAMA 1994;272:680-687. [CrossRef][Medline]
4. Cooper RA. Perspectives on the physician workforce to the year 2020. JAMA 1995;274:1534-1543. [Abstract]

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