Physician undersupply in rural areas remains a problem, despite efforts to improve the workforce distribution. 1 Rural origin , age, and sex have been linked to physician choice of rural settings. 2 An additional factor may be that many physicians have highly educated spouses with independent careers, which may constrain their ability to locate in rural areas. 3 We investigated the prevalence o...

In the United States, a worsening shortage of primary care physicians, along with structural deficiencies in their training, threaten the primary care system that is essential to ensuring access to high-quality, cost-effective health care. Community health centers (CHCs) are an underused resource that could facilitate rapid expansion of the primary care workforce and simultaneously prepare trai...

The US medical workforce is facing an impending physician shortage. This shortage holds special concern for pathologists, as many senior practitioners are set to retire in the coming years. Indeed, studies indicate a "pathologist gap" may grow through 2030. As such, it is important to understand current and future trends in US pathology. One key factor is graduate medical education. In this stu...

The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) believes that an appropriately financed graduate medical education (GME) system is critical to ensuring that sufficient numbers of trained pediatricians are available to provide optimal health care to all children. A shortage of pediatric medical subspecialists and pediatric surgical specialists currently exists in the United States, and this shortage is...

Adequate staffing in intensive care units (ICUs) is an increasing problem worldwide. We would like to elaborate on staffing problems that arise in ICUs across Europe, including the Dutch situation. This staffing problem is caused by the increased use of ICUs because of expanding and aging populations and economic welfare [1]. Also, migration to cities leaves several rural areas in Europe depriv...