OECD Health Working Papers
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- ISSN: 18152015 (online)
- https://doi.org/10.1787/18152015
The US Physician Workforce
Where Do We Stand?
This review surveys trends in physician supply in the United States from 1980 to the present with
particular attention to the participation of International Medical Graduates. It discussed the composition of
the physician workforce with regards to the number of family practitioners, specialists, women physicians
and the aging of the workforce. Changes in the inflows and outflows of the physician workforce are
discussed and, in particular, how international migration, retirement, part-time practice and alternative
employment have impacted the physician workforce.
Keywords: absolute poverty
JEL:
J61: Labor and Demographic Economics / Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers / Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers;
I19: Health, Education, and Welfare / Health / Health: Other
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