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| Title |
Addressing the primary care physician shortage in an evolving medical workforce
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|---|---|
| Published in |
International Archives of Medicine, May 2009
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| DOI | 10.1186/1755-7682-2-14 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Shaheen E Lakhan, Cyndi Laird |
| Abstract |
Primary care physicians have been shown to play an important role in the general health of the communities in which they serve. In spite of their importance, however, there has been a decrease in the number of physicians interested in pursuing primary care fields, while the proportion of specialists continues to increase. The prediction of an overall physician shortage only augments this issue in the US, where this uneven distribution is particularly evident. As such, serious effort to increase the number of practicing primary care physicians is both necessary and beneficial for meeting this country's health care needs. |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 72 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 7 | 10% |
| Japan | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 64 | 89% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 14 | 19% |
| Researcher | 11 | 15% |
| Student > Bachelor | 10 | 14% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 6 | 8% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 6 | 8% |
| Other | 16 | 22% |
| Unknown | 9 | 13% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 33 | 46% |
| Social Sciences | 6 | 8% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 5 | 7% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 3 | 4% |
| Psychology | 3 | 4% |
| Other | 13 | 18% |
| Unknown | 9 | 13% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 3. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 19 September 2021.
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#8,534,528
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#37
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#36,889
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#1
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