The Migration of Physicians and the Local Supply of Practitioners: A 5-Year Comparison

The distribution of practicing physicians tends to be more concentrated in urban areas and less concentrated in rural areas. Understanding patterns of how physicians tend to migrate from place to place is important for determining local supply. This article compares physician data from the 2006 and 2011 American Medical Association Masterfile to help understand what…

Reconfiguring Health Workforce Policy So That Education, Training, and Actual Delivery Are Closely Connected

Many major healthcare system innovations focus on changing the care delivery process, adopting technology, and adjusting workflows. However, most healthcare education and policy have not focused on training professionals to adapt to these increasingly integrated and coordinated systems. This article describes the ways in which healthcare training and education have not kept up with the…

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