A summary of U.S. physician workforce requirement: its impact on orthopedic surgery and otolaryngology.
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.
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University of Pennsylvania, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Philadelphia 19131, USA.
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