TY - JOUR
AU - T. Bodenheimer
AU - H. H. Pham
A1 - 
AB - In 2005, approximately 400,000 people provided primary medical care in the United States. About 300,000 were physicians, and another 100,000 were nurse practitioners and physician assistants. Yet primary care faces a growing crisis, in part because increasing numbers of U.S. medical graduates are avoiding careers in adult primary care. Sixty-five million Americans live in what are officially deemed primary care shortage areas, and adults throughout the United States face difficulty obtaining prompt access to primary care. A variety of strategies are being tried to improve primary care access, even without a large increase in the primary care workforce.
BT - Health affairs (Project Hope)
C5 - Education & Workforce
CP - 5
CY - United States
DO - 10.1377/hlthaff.2010.0026
IS - 5
JF - Health affairs (Project Hope)
N2 - In 2005, approximately 400,000 people provided primary medical care in the United States. About 300,000 were physicians, and another 100,000 were nurse practitioners and physician assistants. Yet primary care faces a growing crisis, in part because increasing numbers of U.S. medical graduates are avoiding careers in adult primary care. Sixty-five million Americans live in what are officially deemed primary care shortage areas, and adults throughout the United States face difficulty obtaining prompt access to primary care. A variety of strategies are being tried to improve primary care access, even without a large increase in the primary care workforce.
PP - United States
PY - 2010
SN - 1544-5208; 0278-2715
SP - 799
EP - 805
EP - 
T1 - Primary care: Current problems and proposed solutions
T2 - Health affairs (Project Hope)
TI - Primary care: Current problems and proposed solutions
U1 - Education & Workforce
U2 - 20439864
U3 - 10.1377/hlthaff.2010.0026
VL - 29
VO - 1544-5208; 0278-2715
Y1 - 2010
ER -