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The debate about the physician workforce is back. Just yesterday, it seems, the conventional wisdom was a confident prediction that we faced a worrisome surplus of physicians.^1,2,3 But today, a swelling chorus of experts contends that we may face an equally worrisome shortage of physicians.^4,5 The shift has occurred suddenly enough to inflict cognitive whiplash on policymakers and physicians who have not been schooled in the arcane science of projecting the supply of and demand for physicians. Indeed, some observers may be tempted to conclude that assessing workforce needs is a fool's errand, one that is too technically difficult and . . . [Full Text of this Article]

A Short History of the Physician Supply and Its Management

From Flexner to GMENAC

From GMENAC to Y2K

Debates Behind the Debate

How Many Doctors Are Enough?

The Health of the Medical Profession

The Policy Response

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The Physician-Supply Debate
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