1. Proportion of US medical students entering primary care strongly tracks relative incomes of primary care physicians. The figure shows trends over time in the average income of primary care physicians relative to specialist physicians in the United States, and in the percentage of graduating medical students in the United States planning on entering careers in primary care. In 1990, when the average primary care physician income was about half that of specialists, fewer than 20% of graduating students planned to enter primary care fields. By 1997, when primary care physician incomes had risen to more than 60% that of specialists, the proportion of graduating students entering primary care had increased in a parallel direction with 40% of graduates planning to enter primary care fields in Both relative incomes and intentions to enter primary care decreased after (From the Council on Graduate Medical Education. Twentieth Report: Advancing Primary Care, December 2010.)
Source: How Health Care Is Organized—I: Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary Care, Understanding Health Policy: A Clinical Approach, 7e
Citation: Bodenheimer T, Grumbach K. Understanding Health Policy: A Clinical Approach, 7e; 2016 Available at: Accessed: October 03, 2017
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