Monday, June 17, 2013

Primary Care Doctor Shortage Set To Get Worse, USA

June 17, 2013

The serious shortage of primary care doctors in America will get much worse unless the country reforms its graduate medical education system, researchers from the George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services (SPHHS) reported in Academic Medicine.

 Less than 25% of newly qualified doctors go into primary care, and just 4.8% move into rural areas, the authors added. This serious problem will only get worse unless some fundamental changes are introduced....

FULL STORY AT MEDICAL NEWS TODAY

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