US Primary Care vs Specialty Care Trainee Positions and Physician Incomes: Trends From 2001 to 2019.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Much of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and subsequent US health care policies were designed to address deficiencies in health care access and enhance primary care services. How residency positions and physician incomes have changed in the post-ACA era is not well characterized.

Objective

We evaluated the growth of US trainee positions and physician income, in the pre- vs post-ACA environment by specialty and among primary care vs specialty care.

Methods

Total resident complement by specialty and year was extracted from the National Graduate Medical Education (GME) Census and stratified into primary care vs specialty care. Median incomes were extracted from Medical Group Management Association surveys. Piecewise linear regression with interaction terms (pre-A

SUBMITTER: Royce TJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8207908 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature