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Physician Supply and Demand: Projections to 2020

 

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Background
Physician Supply Model
Current Physician Workforce
New Entrants and Choice of Medical Specialty
Separations from the Physician Workforce
Trends in Physician Productivity
Physician Supply Projections
Physician Requirements Model
Growth and Aging of the Population
Medical Insurance Trends
Economic Factors
Other Potential Determinants of Demand for Physicians
Physician Requirements Projections
Assessing the Adequacy of Current and Future Supply
Summary

References

 

Exhibit 5. Trends in Annual Hours Worked

Line graph - each line represents an age group
The vertical axis title is Hours per Year and the horizontal axis is the years 1986 to 2002.

The following table has approximate values for points on the line graph:

Age 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002
under 36 years 2,400 2,300 2,250 2,100 2,200 2,200 2,150 2,100 2,100
36 to 45 years 2,375 2,400 2,375 2,350 2,375 2,400 2,375 2,350 2,300
46 to 65 years 2,250 2,300 2,300 2,350 2,350 2,400 2,400 2,400 2,400
56 to 65 years 2,250 2,300 2,300 2,200 2,250 2,250 2,210 2,220 2,200
65+ 2,050 1,950 1,950 2,000 2,500 2,000 1,800 1,700 1,600

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