Study: More Primary Care Physicians Needed by 2025
November 20, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
The United States will need 52,000 additional primary care physicians by 2025 to meet from population growth, population aging and insurance expansion.
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Recruiting Primary Care Physicians: Away from Specialties and Into Rural Areas
February 13, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
Convincing a medical student, sometimes tens of thousands of dollars in debt, to take a lower-paying job or move to a low-income, rural community can be a tough sell. So perhaps it’s not surprising that many new physicians gravitate toward high-payi ...
More Doctors are Needed in America's Inner Cities
February 28, 2001 | Program Result Report
Investigators from the University of Wisconsin-Madison Medical School examined changes in the availability of physicians in U.S. urban areas from 1980 to 1997.
Book Profiles a Day in the Work Life of 10 Rural Family Physicians
January 1, 2005 | Program Result Report
Howard K. Rabinowitz published Caring for the Country: Family Doctors in Small Rural Towns, which profiled 10 program graduates working in rural areas and discussed both the challenges and the career satisfaction they enjoy.
Practice Sights: State Primary Care Development Strategies
March 1, 2000 | Program Result Report
Uneven distribution of primary care physicians, as well as inadequate use of mid-level providers - physicians' assistants, nurse practitioners, and nurse midwives - creates barriers to access for many rural and inner city residents.
New York Overcomes Rural and Urban Physician Shortages
March 1, 2000 | Program Result Report
The New York State Department of Health worked to address barriers to health care access in rural parts of the state and in its urban centers.
Study Identifies Approaches for Balancing the Mix of Generalists and Specialists in the Physician Workforce
May 1, 1998 | Program Result Report
From 1992 to 1997, researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Medical School conducted policy studies using different mathematical models designed to test the effects of these proposals.
Retired Health Care Workers Spend Their Golden Years Providing Free Primary Care Services
May 1, 1997 | Program Result Report
From 1992 to 1996, the Volunteers in Medicine Clinic established a model volunteer clinic on South Carolina's Hilton Head Island, providing care to medically underserved residents and low-income people employed on the island.
Back to Basics: Shifting from Specialty to Generalist Medicine
April 10, 2007 | Program Result Report
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine undertook a comprehensive effort to reorient its educational programs toward primary care.
Generalist Physician Initiative
July 22, 2003 | Program Result Report
The Generalist Physician Initiative challenged schools of medicine to increase the supply of generalist physicians - specifically general internists, general pediatricians and family practitioners - that they were training.