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Another Report Forecasting a National Physician Shortage,
Be Heard: Is There A Looming Physician Shortage in PA?
August 17, 2007
An article in the summer edition of Proto Magazine forecasts a national physician shortage, which will worsen just when an aging population most needs ready access to medical care. "At least one estimate predicts the physician shortfall could reach 200,000 by 2020, almost a quarter of the 850,000 doctors now practicing in the United States," according to the article "Are We Running Out of Doctors?"
The article says patients already face longer wait times for appointments and cites a survey from Merritt, Hawkins & Associates, a physician search firm, which found that new patients in 15 cities waited an average of more than three weeks for a gynecological checkup.
How many specialists has your practice lost?
High-risk specialty surgeons such as 3PSC President Barbara Frieman, M.D. see evidence of this pending shortage everyday in Pennsylvania. Dr. Frieman and others relate their experience and what needs to be done on the 3PSC Blog.
Read their comments and offer some of your own.