title: Debt, demographics, and dual degrees: American medicine at the crossroads part 2: external and internal threats to the monopoly model.
abstract: The recent forecast by the Committee on Graduate Medical Education (COGME) of an impending physician workforce shortage has led to a proposal by the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) to expand medical school admissions by 30% over the next 10 years, an ambitious project whose likelihood of success is compromised by numerous factors inherent in the contemporary medical services marketplace.
authors.affiliation: New York University School of Medicine, Department of Radiation Oncology, New York, NY 10016, USA. bruce.ellerin@gmail.com
authors.forename: Bruce E
authors.initials: BE
authors.lastname: Ellerin
mesh_terms: D002321:Career Choice; D004501:Education, Medical / Q000191:economics* / Q000639:trends; D006280:Health Workforce / Q000639:trends; D010820:Physicians / Q000191:economics / Q000600:supply & distribution* / Q000639:trends; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians' / Q000191:economics / Q000639:trends; D014481:United States