Why Doesn ’ t the U.S. Train More Doctors? – CNN

Read article - Quotes Elliott Fisher, director of the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, and professor of medicine and of community and family medicine, in an article that examines why the federal government should train more doctors. Fisher, who helped develop the accountable care organization model, said residency training "responds to the market." Hospitals may be incentivized to fund training programs that perform profitable procedures, such as orthopedic surgery, whose doctors are not in short supply, Fisher said. There's less financial incentive to invest in specialties like primary care, which are experiencing a shortage.
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