The primary care workforce is dwindling. Healthcare professionals in the United States are avoiding primary care for a multitude of reasons. Whether it be the excessive administrative burden, high rates of burnout, low reimbursement rates, or medical education emphasizing specialization, people are rapidly abandoning primary care. The lack of primary care clinicians creates large primary care deserts, especially in rural areas. Several state and federal programs attempt to offer incentives, to hopefully motivate people to pursue careers in primary care. However at this point, the discrepancy remains.
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Gov. Jay Inslee at WSU medical school: Primary care ‘fundamental’ | The Spokesman-Review | June 8, 2019 |
The current devaluation of primary health care professionals | The European Sting | April 3, 2019 |
Primary Care Physician Supply Associated With Population Mortality | Cardiology Advisor | March 25, 2019 |
More LSU Health medical grads staying in state and going into primary care | NOLA | March 15, 2019 |
Filling The Primary Care Gap: Nurse Practitioners | Hartford Courant | February 11, 2019 |
Trends In Primary Care Visits | Health Care Cost Institute | November 15, 2018 |
Primary Care as Healthcare Infrastructure | Harvard Health Policy Review | October 5, 2018 |
Implementing Optimal Team-Based Care to Reduce Clinician Burnout | National Academy of Medicine | September 17, 2018 |
New Report Confirms Growing Shortage of Primary Care Physicians | Association of American Medical Colleges | July 10, 2020 |
Open Wide: Medical Education With Real Teeth | Association of American Medical Colleges | July 10, 2018 |