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Physician Supply and Demand: Projections to 2020

 

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Background
Physician Supply Model
Current Physician Workforce
New Entrants and Choice of Medical Specialty
Separations from the Physician Workforce
Trends in Physician Productivity
Physician Supply Projections
Physician Requirements Model
Growth and Aging of the Population
Medical Insurance Trends
Economic Factors
Other Potential Determinants of Demand for Physicians
Physician Requirements Projections
Assessing the Adequacy of Current and Future Supply
Summary

References

 

Exhibit 28. Patient Care Requirements per 100,000 Population

Line Graph
Vertical Axis: Physicians per 100,000 Population numbered 0 to 300 in increments of 50
Horizontal Axis: Year from 2000 to 2020 in increments of 5
Color-coded Lines:
Blue: Total Patient Care
Green: Primary Care
Red: Nonprimary Care

Physicians per 100,000 Population
Year 2000 2005 2020
Blue 268 268 274
Red 168 181 174
Green 86 86 100

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