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Contributions of US Medical Schools to Primary Care (2003-2014): Determining and Predicting Who Really Goes Into Primary Care

Description
Results of a project to determine the magnitude by which primary care output is overestimated and to identify a more accurate way to predict actual primary care output. Features statistics on percentages of medical school graduates who intended to practice and who actually practice in primary care, based on data from 17,509 graduates from 20 campuses across 14 university systems.
Author(s)
Mark Deutchman, Francesca Macaluso, Jason Chao, et al.
Citation
Family Medicine, 52(7), 483-490
Date
2020
Type
Document
Tagged as
Graduate medical education · Health workforce supply and demand · Physicians · Primary care · Statistics and data