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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 17. Percentage Growth in FTE Physicians per Capita

  Line graph
The vertical axis title is Percent Growth (relative to 2005)
It is numbered from -4% to 6% in increments of 2%.
The horizontal axis is Years from 2005 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.

Percentage Growth Relative to 2005
Year 2005 2010 2015 2020
Green 0 greater than 2 4 4
Red 0 less than 1 less than 0 less than -2
Blue 0 less than 2 less than 2 less than 0

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