The care span: An aging population and growing disease burden will require a large and specialized health care workforce by 2025

Health Affairs

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 2013-2020

  Dall, Timothy M ^a   Gallo, Paul D ^a   Chakrabarti, Ritasree ^a   West, Terry ^a   Semilla, April P ^a   Storm, Michael V ^a  

^a FEKETE ASSOCIATES INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; GENERAL SURGERY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INSURANCE; MARKET; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NEUROSURGERY; POPULATION GROWTH; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; UNITED STATES; ADULT; AGED; DEMOGRAPHY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; MALE; MANPOWER; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN; POLICY; RISK FACTOR; WORKFORCE ISSUES;

DEMOGRAPHY; PHYSICIANS; WORKFORCE ISSUES;

ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC POLICY; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84888095946     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2013.0714     Document Type: Article

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