Physician workforce projections in an era of health care reform

Annual Review of Medicine

Volumn 63, Issue , 2012, Pages 435-445

  Kirch, Darrell G ^a   Henderson, MacKenzie K ^a   Dill, Michael J ^a  

^a ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN MEDICAL COLLEGES   (United States)

Author keywords

Affordable Care Act; Demand; Graduate medical education; Medical school; Shortages; Supply

Indexed keywords

ACT; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NURSE PRACTITIONER; PERSONNEL SHORTAGE; PHYSICIAN; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

HEALTH CARE REFORM; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT; PHYSICIANS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84855930076     PISSN: 00664219     EISSN: 1545326X     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-med-050310-134634     Document Type: Review

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