title: [The problem of the lack of physicians].
abstract: It is not easy to know the real need of physicians of a country and it is even more difficult to know those of the future (next 15-20 years) because of the multiple factors that should be considered (sanitary, social, economic, etc...). We have not completely reliable statistics in Spain, but the most confirm that there is not a global deficit of physicians nowadays (in relation to the other countries of EU), but deficit exists in some specialities: General medicine, Pediatrics, General surgery, Anesthesia and Radiology.
authors.forename: Angel
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nogales Espert
mesh_terms: D005062:European Union; D005194:Family Practice; D005544:Forecasting; D013502:General Surgery; D006801:Humans; D010372:Pediatrics; D010820:Physicians / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000600:supply & distribution*; D011871:Radiology; D013030:Spain; D000078329:Workforce