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Reassessing the Data on Whether a Physician Shortage Exists

2017; American Medical Association; Volume: 317; Issue: 19 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1001/jama.2017.2609

1538-3598

Emily Gudbranson, Aaron Glickman, Ezekiel Emanuel,

Economic, Social, and Health Studies

This Viewpoint argues that there are sufficient numbers of primary care physicians in the United States and that any appearance of a shortage is attributable to factors such as unequal geographic distribution and management inefficiencies.