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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 16. FTE Physicians per 100,000 Population

  Line graph
The vertical axis title is Physicians per 100,00 Population.
It is numbered from 50 to 300 in increments of 50.
The horizontal axis is Years from 2000 to 2020.

The lines are color coded.
There is a legend indicating the colors as follows:
The blue line is Total Patient Care.
The green line is Primary Care.
The red line is Nonprimary Care.

Physicians per 100,000 Population
YEAR 2000 2005 2020
Green 86 88 108
Red 168 160 166
Blue 263 269 268

 

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