Saturday, 30th June 2007

Exodus of Male Physicians from Primary Care Drives Shift to Specialty Practice

Exodus of Male Physicians from Primary Care Drives Shift to Specialty Practice
Source: Center for Studying Health System Change
From press release:

An exodus of men from primary care practice is driving a marked shift in the physician workforce toward such specialties as cardiology and dermatology, reinforcing concerns about a looming shortage of primary care physicians, according to a new national study released today by the Center for Studying Health System Change (HSC).

Two factors have helped mask the severity of the shift from primary care—a growing proportion of female physicians, who disproportionately choose primary care, and continued reliance on international medical graduates (IMGs), who now account for nearly a quarter of all U.S. primary care physicians, according to the study.

Since 1996-97, a 40 percent increase in the female primary care physician supply has helped to offset a 16 percent decline in the male primary care physician supply relative to the U.S. population, the study found. At the same time, primary care physicians' incomes have lost ground to both inflation and medical and surgical specialists' incomes. And women in primary care face a 22 percent income gap relative to men, even after accounting for differing characteristics.

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• Center for Studying Health System Change

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