Growing need in primary care workforce
Chelsea Rice, for HealthLeaders Media, March 1, 2013
A study published in the November/December 2012 issue of the Annals of Family Medicine, "Projecting US Primary Care Physician Workforce Needs: 2010-2025," projects that by 2025, the United States will need an additional 52,000 primary care physicians to accommodate the country's expanding healthcare utilization.
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