The Future Need for Geriatric Manpower in the United States
- 12 June 1980
- journal article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 302 (24) , 1327-1332
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm198006123022402
Abstract
Additional medical manpower will be required to meet the growth in the elderly segment of the United States population over the next 50 years. This paper provides estimates of the needs for medical geriatric manpower under four different models: continuation of the status quo; academic geriatricians only; provision of care by academic and consultant geriatricians; and provision of care by academic, consultant, and primary-care geriatric practitioners. Each option is further analyzed in terms of three levels of delegation to nonphysician clinicians. We project the implications of these 12 patterns through the year 2030, assuming present usage levels and allowing for improved care of the elderly. The need for geropsychiatric care is explored separately.Keywords
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