United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office Health, Education, and Human Services Division author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 1994-10-21 monographic deposited born digital GA 1.13:HEHS-95-9 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-HEHS-95-9 P0b002ee18038982a f:he95009 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-24 GAOREPORTS-HEHS-95-9 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-HEHS-95-9 HEHS-95-9 Hospital care services Students Physicians Medical education Education or training costs Financial aid programs Medical schools Hospitals Employment or training programs Education program evaluation Medicare Program National Resident Matching Program Letter Report HEHS The proportion of active doctors who are primary care physicians--family and general practice physicians, general internists, and pediatricians--has dropped from 53 to 35 since 1960. The Department of Health and Human Services predicts a shortage of 35,000 primary care physicians by the year 2000. GAO analyzed student characteristics associated with choosing primary care and surveyed medical schools and residency programs. GAO concludes that reversing this trend would require changes in medical school curricula to expose students to more primary care medicine, as well as changes in the residency financing, which now discourages teaching hospitals from sponsoring primary care training. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-HEHS-95-9/html/GAOREPORTS-HEHS-95-9.htm GAO/HEHS-95-9 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-HEHS-95-9 Letter Report GAO/HEHS-95-9; Medical Education: Curriculum and Financing Strategies Need to Encourage Primary Care Training; Hospital care services Students Physicians Medical education Education or training costs Financial aid programs Medical schools Hospitals Employment or training programs Education program evaluation Medicare Program National Resident Matching Program Public Law 97-35