NCHS data brief
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Comparative Study
Role of international medical graduates providing office-based medical care: United States, 2005-2006.
In 2005-2006, about one-quarter (24.6%) of all visits to office-based physicians were to international medical graduates. Hispanic or Latino and Asian or Pacific Islander patients made more visits to international medical graduates (24.9%) than to U. S. medical graduates (12.4%). ⋯ The declining number of international medical graduates serving in underserved areas has made recruiting physicians in these areas more difficult. In order to examine the overall role of international medical graduates in providing office-based medical care, this Data Brief compares patient and physician characteristics for office-based international medical graduates with those of U. S. medical graduates.