The Physician Shortage: Projections, Causes, and Solutions
Conclusion The factors driving the physician shortage, including aging population and provider demographics, as well as pervasive population ill-health, are long-standing and are likely to persist. Because the time needed to educate and train physicians is lengthy (often 12 years or more of collegiate and post-collegiate training) increasing the supply of new physicians will take time, even if additional funding to do so is made available. Focus should therefore be placed on what can be done to increase the supply of physicians in the short-term, including enhanced workforce management models and improved working conditions for physicians that con- tribute to physician retention.
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