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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 6. Average Total Visits per Week

Line graph
The vertical axis title is Visits per Week and it is numbered from 80 to 150 in increments of 10.
The horizontal axis is Years from 1985 to 2000.
The lines are color coded.
There is a legend indicating the colors as follows:
The blue line is G/F Practice.
The red line is Pediatrics.
The green line is Internal Medicine.
The orange line is OBGYN.
The purple line is Surgery.

The following table has approximate values for points on the line graph:

YEAR 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
blue line 140 140 140 145 142 145 145 140 138 132 132 132 130 125 122
red line 130 131 128 135 140 134 134 128 130 125 125 120 125 110  
green line 110 111 115 114 120 111 111 111 105 105 100 105 106 105 105
orange line 115 114 113 120 115 120 111 110 110 102 92 105 105 100 101
purple line 110 105 108 105 108 108 108 101 100 100 98 97 100 92 95

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