title: A summary of U.S. physician workforce requirement: its impact on orthopedic surgery and otolaryngology.
abstract: As healthcare experts continue to reform the United States healthcare system, greater attention is being given to the issue of the United States physician workforce. This article provides a synopsis of the present workforce issue and then addresses these issues from the perspective of subspecialty surgery by using two fields as examples.
authors.affiliation: University of Pennsylvania, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Philadelphia 19131, USA.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Puchalski
mesh_terms: D005544:Forecasting; D018166:Health Care Reform; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006801:Humans; D009985:Orthopedics; D010036:Otolaryngology; D010820:Physicians / Q000600:supply & distribution*; D014481:United States; D000078329:Workforce