President's Page: An Urgent Call to Action: Graduate Medical Education Funding and the Future of Health Care

According to the American Medical Association, this occurred "despite the fact that 99.4% of the available residency slots were filled--the highest percentage ever" (4). [...]the College is working closely with the AAMC and the American Medical Association to support legislation in both th...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2013-10, Vol.62 (15), p.1394-1395
Hauptverfasser:	Harold, John Gordon, MD, MACC, O'Gara, Patrick T., MD, FACC, Hill, Joseph A., MD, PhD, FACC, Konstam, Marvin A., MD, FACC
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Budgets Cardiology Cardiology - education Cardiovascular Education Education, Medical, Graduate - economics Financing, Government Health Services Needs and Demand - trends Humans Internal Medicine Internship and Residency - economics Medical residencies Medicare Medicare - economics Physicians Physicians - supply & distribution Population Dynamics Societies, Medical Teaching hospitals United States
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Zusammenfassung:	According to the American Medical Association, this occurred "despite the fact that 99.4% of the available residency slots were filled--the highest percentage ever" (4). [...]the College is working closely with the AAMC and the American Medical Association to support legislation in both the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate that will help residency programs across the country train enough doctors to keep up with the expanding and aging Medicare population.
ISSN:	0735-1097 1558-3597
DOI:	10.1016/j.jacc.2013.09.003