title: Aging, primary care, and self-sufficiency: health care workforce challenges ahead.
abstract: A combination of "environmental factors" in the U.S. has led to an increased demand for health care professionals. However, there has been a significant decrease in the number of U.S. medical graduates selecting careers in family medicine and general internal medicine, thus driving demand for international medical graduates. At the heart of our national workforce policy needs to be good domestic and foreign policies, such as self-sufficiency approaches that include strategies to incentivize rural and underserved practice for U.S. medical graduates.
authors.affiliation: School of Public Health and Health Services, George Washington University, USA.
authors.forename: Fitzhugh
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Mullan
authors.forename: Seble
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Frehywot
authors.forename: Laura J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Jolley
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D018166:Health Care Reform / Q000639:trends*; D006282:Health Personnel / Q000639:trends*; D006299:Health Services for the Aged / Q000600:supply & distribution* / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D009726:Nurses / Q000600:supply & distribution* / Q000639:trends; D010820:Physicians / Q000523:psychology / Q000600:supply & distribution* / Q000639:trends; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000639:trends*; D014481:United States