Physician supply, malpractice litigation not going away any time soon.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Roberts, Brandon; Elliott, Euel
- Source
- Mississippi Business Journal; 1/7/2008, Vol. 30 Issue 1, p22-23, 2p
- Subject
- PHYSICIAN supply & demand
MEDICAL care
PHYSICIANS
EMPLOYMENT forecasting
- Language
- ISSN
- 01950002
The article reports on the expected shortage of physicians in the U.S. Researchers and government agencies forecast a decline in the number of physicians in the next 15 years. Moreover , there are 817,500 active physicians nationwide but it can't keep up with the increasing demands for medical services due in part to an aging population and other factors.