The rising demand for primary care doctors

THERISINGDEMAND FOR PRIMARY CARE DOCTORS IN THE UNITED STATES A look at why less medical students are choosing General Practice and what this means for you. Primary Care Doctors are responsible for: DIAGNOSING MANAGING ADVOCATING PREVENTATIVE CARE PROTECTING NEW ILLNESS CHRONIC WELLNESS ILLNESS But fewer medical graduates are interested: In 2012 only 12.9% of medical students went into family medicine residency programs The remaining graduates went into specialties Why are less medical student graduates choosing Primary Care? Primary Care Doctors make less money than other top specialities: (Even though they work the same -or more- amount of hours) *2012 average incomes PRIMARY CARE DOCTOR + SURGEON ANESTHESIOLOGIST OB/GYN $0 $50k $100k $150k $200k $250k The average medical student graduates with roughly The income-to-debt 2$ ratio pushes many medical school $186,750 in student loan debt graduates into a speciality where they can make more money There is a bigger need for Primary Care Doctors now than ever before. 个个 个 There is going to be an increase of patients due to: the influx of 40 an aging population of baby boomers million patients newly covered by 1 in 3 current doctors will be insurance retiring this decade The United States is already in need of Primary Care Doctors: 2012 In there was shortage of approximately 9,000 Primary Care Doctors A perfect storm is brewing. A physician shortage is coming. ) Patrick W. Hisel, M.D. deamstime 品 In 2020 the shortage is predicted to rise to 65,000 Primary Care Doctors What does this mean for patients? Longer wait times Difficulty finding Over-booked doctors & for appointments an available PCP rushed appointments THIS INFOGRAPHIC WAS BROUGHT TO YOU BY CompHealth. SOURCES: http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2012/01/physician-shortage-perfect-storm.html http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,2012443,00.html http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/12/20/where-have-all-the-primary-ctare-doctors-gonel https://www.aamc.org/download/152968/data/debtfactcard,pdf www.nrmp.org THERISINGDEMAND FOR PRIMARY CARE DOCTORS IN THE UNITED STATES A look at why less medical students are choosing General Practice and what this means for you. Primary Care Doctors are responsible for: DIAGNOSING MANAGING ADVOCATING PREVENTATIVE CARE PROTECTING NEW ILLNESS CHRONIC WELLNESS ILLNESS But fewer medical graduates are interested: In 2012 only 12.9% of medical students went into family medicine residency programs The remaining graduates went into specialties Why are less medical student graduates choosing Primary Care? Primary Care Doctors make less money than other top specialities: (Even though they work the same -or more- amount of hours) *2012 average incomes PRIMARY CARE DOCTOR + SURGEON ANESTHESIOLOGIST OB/GYN $0 $50k $100k $150k $200k $250k The average medical student graduates with roughly The income-to-debt 2$ ratio pushes many medical school $186,750 in student loan debt graduates into a speciality where they can make more money There is a bigger need for Primary Care Doctors now than ever before. 个个 个 There is going to be an increase of patients due to: the influx of 40 an aging population of baby boomers million patients newly covered by 1 in 3 current doctors will be insurance retiring this decade The United States is already in need of Primary Care Doctors: 2012 In there was shortage of approximately 9,000 Primary Care Doctors A perfect storm is brewing. A physician shortage is coming. ) Patrick W. Hisel, M.D. deamstime 品 In 2020 the shortage is predicted to rise to 65,000 Primary Care Doctors What does this mean for patients? Longer wait times Difficulty finding Over-booked doctors & for appointments an available PCP rushed appointments THIS INFOGRAPHIC WAS BROUGHT TO YOU BY CompHealth. SOURCES: http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2012/01/physician-shortage-perfect-storm.html http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,2012443,00.html http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/12/20/where-have-all-the-primary-ctare-doctors-gonel https://www.aamc.org/download/152968/data/debtfactcard,pdf www.nrmp.org