Comments on: No Surprise: The Primary Care Shortage Will Soon Worsen http://blog.seankhozin.com/2008/09/10/no-surprise-the-primary-care-shortage-will-soon-worsen/ The Healthcare Weblog Fri, 16 Apr 2010 03:05:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Sean Khozin, MD, MPH http://blog.seankhozin.com/2008/09/10/no-surprise-the-primary-care-shortage-will-soon-worsen/comment-page-1/#comment-292 Sean Khozin, MD, MPH Fri, 12 Sep 2008 22:16:51 +0000 http://blog.seankhozin.com/?p=207#comment-292 You're right Mike. I used the phrase "primary care" to denote the 2% in internal medicine that won't be subspecializing. There are more medical students going into primary care, but if you still add it all up, it won't be enough. You’re right Mike. I used the phrase “primary care” to denote the 2% in internal medicine that won’t be subspecializing. There are more medical students going into primary care, but if you still add it all up, it won’t be enough.

]]> By: Michael D. Miller, MD http://blog.seankhozin.com/2008/09/10/no-surprise-the-primary-care-shortage-will-soon-worsen/comment-page-1/#comment-291 Michael D. Miller, MD Fri, 12 Sep 2008 21:21:28 +0000 http://blog.seankhozin.com/?p=207#comment-291 Sean - the JAMA study actually found that 2% of graduating medical students were going to pursue primary care out of an Internal Medicine residency programs. There were another 5% going into family medicine programs and 12% going into pediatrics. You can see more about this issue on my blog at http://www.healthpolcom.com/blog/2008/09/10/incentives-for-everything-but-primary-care/ Which also has some links to other posts I've written about efforts to boost incentives for primary care... Best Wishes, Mike Sean – the JAMA study actually found that 2% of graduating medical students were going to pursue primary care out of an Internal Medicine residency programs. There were another 5% going into family medicine programs and 12% going into pediatrics. You can see more about this issue on my blog at http://www.healthpolcom.com/blog/2008/09/10/incentives-for-everything-but-primary-care/ Which also has some links to other posts I’ve written about efforts to boost incentives for primary care…

Best Wishes, Mike

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