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National Health Work Force Policy
- Jack A. Ginsburg, MPE; and
- H. Denman Scott, MD, MPH
- American College of Physicians; Philadelphia, PA 19106
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IN RESPONSE:
Today's aggregate oversupply of physicians and the imbalances among generalists and specialists have been predicted and analyzed for at least 15 years [1, 2]. Although shortages of primary care physicians and overabundances of subspecialists are now apparent [3-5], the profession has had only limited success …
