title: MDs: [missing doctors?].
abstract: Hospitals in places as varied as West Virginia, Missouri, Arizona and southern California say recruiting and keeping physicians are big problems, and getting bigger. But the evidence and the experts differ over whether a nationwide physician shortage on the scale of the nursing shortage is emerging or whether it is limited to specific markets.
authors.forename: Terese Hudson
authors.initials: TH
authors.lastname: Thrall
mesh_terms: D003657:Decision Making; D004470:Economics, Medical; D019538:Health Care Surveys; D006280:Health Workforce / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D007351:Insurance, Liability / Q000191:economics; D008505:Medical Staff, Hospital / Q000600:supply & distribution*; D010560:Personnel Selection / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011365:Professional Practice Location / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D013038:Specialization; D014481:United States