The Coming Shortage of Surgeons : Why They Are Disappearing and What That Means for Our Health


Thomas E. Williams
Bok Engelsk 2009 · Electronic books.
Annen tittel
Utgitt
Santa Barbara : : ABC-CLIO, , 2009.
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1 online resource (220 p.)
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Description based upon print version of record.. - Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Series Foreword; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Acronyms; 1. The Problem; 2. Demand for a Surgical/Medical Workforce; 3. Surgical Supply: Residents-The Future Surgeons; 4. Constraints to Supply: Pertinent Issues; 5. Calculating Physician Supply: The Model-Assumptions, Relevant Parameters, and the Algorithm; 6. Orthopedic Surgery; 7. Cardiothoracic Surgery; 8. Otolaryngology; 9. Obstetrics and Gynecology; 10. General Surgery; 11. Neurosurgery; 12. Urology. - 13. The Last Hurdle: The Balanced Budget Act of 1997 and Graduate Medical Education Funding14. Is There a Solution? Numerical Projections, and Improving Physicians' Productivity; 15. Challenges and Consequences; Epilogue; Appendix; Notes; Index; About the Authors; About the Series Editor. - The Coming Shortage of Surgeons: Why They Are Disappearing and What That Means for Our Health is the only quantitative analysis of the workforce in orthopedic and thoracic surgery, otolaryngology, obstetrics and gynecology, general surgery, neurosurgery, and urology. It analyzes the demand and supply for these surgeons and gives the causes and remedies for these shortages.||The Coming Shortage of Surgeons quantifies the demand for the surgical workforce, then examines the constraints to supply, which include soaring tuition and medical students' debts, the demand for a controllable or schedule
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