http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2006/07/you-think-theres-doctor-shortage-here.html Wed, 15 Feb 2012 00:27:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2006/07/you-think-theres-doctor-shortage-here.html#comment-64746 Anonymous Sun, 09 Jul 2006 08:02:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2006/07/you-think-theres-a-doctor-shortage-here.html#comment-64746 If the American medical community was interested in solving this problem they would actually allow for the production of a sufficient number of providers domestically. There is no rationale behind the current system based upon the Flexner Report except to limit competition and under supply the market in order to enrich existing providers. Coupled with this is the fact that 25% of the provider base is foreign trained. If you were a provider in a third world country making peanuts and had the chance to come here... where would you practice? If the American medical community was interested in solving this problem they would actually allow for the production of a sufficient number of providers domestically. There is no rationale behind the current system based upon the Flexner Report except to limit competition and under supply the market in order to enrich existing providers. Coupled with this is the fact that 25% of the provider base is foreign trained. If you were a provider in a third world country making peanuts and had the chance to come here… where would you practice?

]]> http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2006/07/you-think-theres-doctor-shortage-here.html#comment-64728 ClinkShrink Sat, 08 Jul 2006 14:26:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2006/07/you-think-theres-a-doctor-shortage-here.html#comment-64728 There are parts of the United States where there is one doctor for 80,000 people. There are parts of the United States where there is one doctor for 80,000 people.

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