title: Trends in the physician workforce, 1980-2000.
abstract: Over the past twenty-five years the nation has struggled with a series of physician workforce issues: determining the appropriate number of physicians needed and the appropriate number to produce; the role of international medical school graduates; the mix of primary care and non-primary care physicians; efforts to increase the number of underrepresented minorities in medicine and the supply of physicians in rural areas; and the impact of the growing number of female physicians. This paper documents physician workforce trends over the past twenty years, especially as they relate to these issues.
authors.affiliation: Center for Health Workforce Studies, University at Albany, State University of New York, USA.
authors.forename: Edward S
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Salsberg
authors.forename: Gaetano J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Forte
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005550:Foreign Medical Graduates / Q000600:supply & distribution; D006291:Health Policy / Q000639:trends*; D006280:Health Workforce / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008913:Minority Groups / Q000193:education / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D020380:Needs Assessment; D010820:Physicians / Q000600:supply & distribution*; D010821:Physicians, Family / Q000600:supply & distribution; D010822:Physicians, Women / Q000600:supply & distribution; D011365:Professional Practice Location; D019035:Rural Health Services; D014481:United States