The Facts
Workforce experts predict the United States will face a physicianshortage of 130,000 by the year 2025.
Workforce experts predict the United States will face a physicianshortage of 130,000 by the year 2025.
Though only around 6% of hospitals are teaching hospitals, approximately 40% of all charity care in the U.S. is provided by teaching hospitals.1
Source: 1) AAMC. Preserve Medicare Support for Physician Training. https://www.aamc.org/download/262676/data/gmefactsheet.pdf
of teaching hospitals provide
ambulatory services to HIV/AIDS patients
compared to only 14% of non-teaching hospitals.2
Source: 2) AAMC. Why Teaching Hospitals Are Important to All Americans. https://www.aamc.org/initiatives/gmefunding/factsheets/253374/teaching-hospitals.html
Residents work between 40 - 80 hours per week, at a median first-year salary of $49,651, which equates to under 13 dollars per hour.3 Meanwhile, they are grappling with a crippling...
Source: 3) AAMC. Medical Student Education: Costs, Debt, and Loan Repayment Facts. 2011. Available at https://www.aamc.org/download/152968/data/debtfactcard.pdf.
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