Controls urged to spur doctors to primary care

Article Abstract:

The Council on Graduate Medical Education, a congressional advisory panel, has presented a plan calling for a goal of 50% of all medical school graduates and residents to enter primary care. In 1992, only 1/6 of graduating medical students were planning a career in general medicine. Under the new plan, the number of residency places would equal the number of medical school graduates plus 10% for foreign students, and medical classes would be barred from increasing their size.

HEALTH SERVICES, Offices & clinics of medical doctors, Planning, Health care industry, Supply and demand, Physicians, Medical professions, Medical education policy

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Sticker shock: private medical schools try to slow soaring costs of tuition

Article Abstract:

Tuition at private medical colleges has increased from an average of $2,000 in 1970 to $20,000 in 1991, four times as fast as the cost of living. State schools are also increasing tuition, particularly for non-residents. Many recent graduates have accumulated such great debt loads that they may shun the lower-paying primary care specialties. Tuition cost statistics reported by the Assn of American Medical Colleges are analyzed.

Colleges and universities, Finance, Medical colleges, Medical schools

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