The U.S. primary care physician workforce: persistently declining interest in primary care medical specialties
Biola, H.; Green, L.A.; Phillips, R.L.; Guirguis-Blake, J.; Fryer, G.E.
American Family Physician 68(8): 1484
2003
ISSN/ISBN: 0002-838X PMID: 14596434 Document Number: 563175
A persistent, six-year trend in the choice of specialty training by U.S. medical students threatens the adequacy of the physician workforce of the United States. This pattern should be reversed and requires the attention of policy makers and medical educators.
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