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Alvin R. Tarlov, MD

JAMA. 1990;263(4):571-572.

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The practical relevance of physician manpower studies relates to the effects of variation in supply on improvements in (1) the availability of services, (2) the outcomes of medical care, including costs and benefits, and (3) the health of the nation. In this issue of JAMA, a frequent contributor to studies on physician supply, William Schwartz, with Daniel Mendelson,¹ applies standard economic theory in a secondary analysis of the American Medical Association's data for the years 1982 through 1987. The authors posit that a surplus of physicians is not developing. Their finding contradicts the projections of the Graduate Medical Education National Advisory Committee (GMENAC) made in 1980.² It is questionable, however, that the work of Schwartz and Mendelson provides useful information regarding the adequacy of the physician supply for the 1980s and the 1990s.

Schwartz and Mendelson use the American Medical Association's data for 1982 through 1987,³ which . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation Menlo Park, Calif Graduate Medical Education National Advisory Committee Washington, DC

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