• J Law Med Ethics · Jan 2008

    Aging, primary care, and self-sufficiency: health care workforce challenges ahead.

    • Fitzhugh Mullan, Seble Frehywot, and Laura J Jolley.
    • School of Public Health and Health Services, George Washington University, USA.
    • J Law Med Ethics. 2008 Jan 1;36(4):703-8, 608.

    AbstractA combination of "environmental factors" in the U.S. has led to an increased demand for health care professionals. However, there has been a significant decrease in the number of U.S. medical graduates selecting careers in family medicine and general internal medicine, thus driving demand for international medical graduates. At the heart of our national workforce policy needs to be good domestic and foreign policies, such as self-sufficiency approaches that include strategies to incentivize rural and underserved practice for U.S. medical graduates.

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