title: American Academy of Pediatrics: Financing graduate medical education to meet pediatric workforce needs.
abstract: This statement reviews the current system of funding for graduate medical education (GME) in the United States and evaluates the potential of alternative GME funding mechanisms, including a portable authorization system, to meet future pediatric workforce needs. It addresses key issues relating to the financing of GME: Medicare direct medical education (DME) and indirect medical education adjustment (IMEA) payments, an all-payer GME trust fund, and a market mechanism to distribute GME funds for both core pediatric and pediatric subspecialty education. In a concluding series of recommendations, the statement calls for changes to the current system of GME funding to ensure the production of a pediatrician workforce that will be able to meet the future needs of infants, children, adolescents, and young adults.
mesh_terms: D000047:Academies and Institutes / Q000592:standards; D004503:Education, Medical, Graduate / Q000191:economics*; D005376:Financial Management / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D016134:Organizational Policy; D010372:Pediatrics / Q000193:education* / Q000592:standards; D014481:United States