Despite the fact that there are now more physicians per capitain the United States than there have been for at least 50 years,the Council on Graduate Medical Education (COGME) recently predicteda 10% shortfall of physicians by 2020. Public concern aboutaccess to care, reports of difficulties in recruiting physiciansin many specialties, and discussion of the looming collapseof primary care all contribute to the sense of crisis. The Associationof American Medical Colleges has responded with calls for a30% expansion of U.S. medical schools and a lifting of the currentcap on Medicare funding for . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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Dr. Goodman is the associate director and Dr. Fisher the director of the Center for Health Policy Research, Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, NH.
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