Fighting Hand To Hand Over Physician Workforce Policy
Open Access
- 1 September 2002
- journal article
- Published by Health Affairs (Project Hope) in Health Affairs
- Vol. 21 (5) , 13-27
- https://doi.org/10.1377/hlthaff.21.5.13
Abstract
A vexing problem in health policy is getting the right number of physicians in the right specialties in the right locations at the right time. I examine market and public planning approaches to getting the number "right." After discussing the basic premises of the invisible hand of the market and the heavy hand of government regulation, I apply these concepts to a review of the past century of U.S. physician supply and workforce policy. I conclude by examining recent health system trends that make clear the need for a firm regulatory grasp on physician workforce policy.Keywords
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