Nation's Physician Workforce : Options for Balancing Supply and Requirements.

Nation's Physician Workforce : Options for Balancing Supply and Requirements.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Staff, Institute of Medicine
Other Authors: Lohr, Kathleen N., Vanselow, Neal A.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington : National Academies Press, 1900.
Subjects:
Physicians > Supply and demand > United States.
Medical policy > United States.
Health planning > United States.
Health planning
Medical policy
Physicians > Supply and demand
United States
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Table of Contents:
  • ""The Nation's Physician Workforce: Options for Balancing Supply and Requirements""; ""Copyright""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Contents""; ""The Nation's Physician Workforce: Options for Balancing Supply and Requirements""; ""Summary""; ""U.S. PHYSICIAN SUPPLY AND REQUIREMENTS""; ""RELATIONSHIP OF PHYSICIAN SUPPLY TO KEY ELEMENTS OF THE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM""; ""STRATEGIES FOR ADDRESSING PHYSICIAN SUPPLY ISSUES""; ""Producing Physicians from U.S. Medical Schools""; ""Revamping Graduate Medical Training""; ""Controlling IMG Numbers through GME""
  • ""Replacement Funding for IMG-Dependent Hospitals""""Data Collection and Information Dissemination""; ""CONCLUDING STATEMENT""; ""1 Introduction ""; ""THE PHYSICIAN WORKFORCE""; ""THE MATCHâ€?OR MISMATCHâ€?BETWEEN SUPPLY AND REQUIREMENTS""; ""ORIGINS AND ORGANIZATION OF THE STUDY""; ""Charge to the Committee and Project Activities""; ""Related Issues""; ""Principles Underlying Committee Conclusions and Recommendations""; ""ORGANIZATION OF THIS REPORT""; ""2 U.S. Physician Supply and Requirements: Match or Mismatch? ""; ""PHYSICIAN WORKFORCE ISSUES SINCE WORLD WAR II""; ""General Issues""
  • ""Pre-1980s Era""""Current Status""; ""Physician Workforce Trends""; ""Overall Trends in Supply""; ""Trends in Graduate Medical Education""; ""METHODS OF ESTIMATING PHYSICIAN SUPPLY, PRODUCTIVITY, AND REQUIREMENTS""; ""Physician Supply""; ""Physician Productivity""; ""Physician Requirements""; ""THE FUTURE REQUIREMENT FOR PHYSICIANS""; ""Factors That Could Increase Requirements""; ""Factors That Could Decrease Requirements""; ""Managed Care""; ""Use of Nonphysician Personnel""; ""INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS""; ""MATCH OR MISMATCH?""; ""Conclusions of Physician Workforce Studies""
  • ""Evidence from the Marketplace""""Physician Incomes""; ""Other Evidence""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""NOTES""; ""APPENDIX""; ""A Brief Note on Managed Care""; ""3 Relationship of Physician Supply to Key Elements of the Health Care System ""; ""HEALTH CARE EXPENDITURES""; ""Competition""; ""Physician Incomes""; ""Health Care Costs""; ""ACCESS TO CARE""; ""Geographic Distribution""; ""Specialty Distribution""; ""Summary Comment About Access to Care""; ""QUALITY OF CARE""; ""High Numbers of Physicians Overall""; ""General Effects""; ""Volume and Quality""; ""Provider and Consumer Satisfaction""
  • ""Specialist-Generalist Issues""""Education and Training""; ""Issues Relating to IMGs""; ""Costs, Quality, and Physician Supply""; ""Summary Comment""; ""OTHER ISSUES IN PRODUCTION AND UTILIZATION OF THE PHYSICIAN WORKFORCE""; ""Human Resources Considerations""; ""Opportunities for Medical Careers""; ""U.S. Policy and the World Output of Physicians""; ""Future of Academic Health Centers""; ""General Issues""; ""The Service-Training Link and IMG-Dependent Institutions""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""NOTES""; ""4 Strategies for Addressing Physician Supply Issues ""

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