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Study: U.S. will need 52,000 more family docs by 2025

November 17, 2012 /

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A growing and aging population, along with increased access to health insurance, will create the need for 52,000 more primary care doctors within the U.S. by the year 2025, according to a new study.

The researchers wanted to estimate how many such doctors the U.S. healthcare system would need after the passage of 2010’s Affordable Care Act, which will give an estimated 34 million more Americans access to health insurance.

by ANDREW M. SEAMAN

Full Story: http://medcitynews.com/2012/11/study-u-s-will-need-52000-more-family-docs-by-2025/

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