1. SYSTEM CAPACITY
Primary Care Medical Residency Positions Filled by U.S. Medical School Graduating Seniors and Other Applicants:
4,004
3,122
3,032
3,008
Note: Includes family medicine, family medicine-psychiatry, internal medicine-primary, internal medicine-family medicine, internal medicine-pediatrics, and pediatrics-primary positions. *Other applicants includes U.S. physicians, osteopaths, 5th Pathway, Canadian students, and U.S. and non-U.S. graduates of international medical schools.
Data: American Academy of Family Physicians analysis of National Resident Matching Program Advanced Data Tables, 2007.
Source: Commonwealth Fund National Scorecard on U.S. Health System Performance, 2008