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Evaluate the economic dynamics of graduate medical education funding, resident physician compensation, and workforce allocation toward primary care.

May 14, 2014New England Journal of Medicine

The Economics of Graduate Medical Education

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ACAmitabh ChandraNational Bureau of Economic Research DKDhruv KhullarCornell University GWGail R. WilenskyProject HOPE

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Economic analysis demonstrates misaligned federal funding and high debt in resident physicians, suggesting better targeted mechanisms to promote primary care careers.

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Evaluate the economic dynamics of graduate medical education funding, resident physician compensation, and workforce allocation toward primary care.
Economic policy analysis evaluating federal graduate medical education financing mechanisms and institutional allocation of funds.
Labor valuation assessing the relationship between resident physician service value, net educational costs, and career specialty selection.
Resident physicians effectively offset the full financial cost of their training through direct patient care labor provided at below-market wages.
Teaching institutions routinely absorb federal graduate medical education payments into general operating funds rather than dedicating them to trainee support.
Alternative financial mechanisms direct toward debt relief provide more effective incentives to resolve physician debt burdens and expand the primary care physician supply.

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Chandra et al. (2014) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a76cff8d3a6aa87c6bd69f8 https://doi.org/10.1056/nejmp1402468

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Economic analysis demonstrates misaligned federal funding and high debt in resident physicians, suggesting better targeted mechanisms to promote primary care careers.

The Economics of Graduate Medical Education

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The Economics of Graduate Medical Education

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