Quantifying For-Profit Outcomes in GME: A Multispecialty Analysis of Board Certifying Examination Pass Rates in For-Profit Affiliated Residency Programs.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The number of for-profit hospitals has increased in the United States, but their role in and outcomes for graduate medical education (GME) are unclear.

Objectives

To describe for-profit involvement in internal medicine (IM), general surgery (GS), and pediatrics GME by quantifying change in for-profit affiliated residency programs and comparing for-profit and nonprofit affiliated program board certifying examination pass rates.

Methods

We used Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education and Medicare data to quantify for-profit prevalence in IM, GS, and pediatrics GME from 2001 to 2021. We used public pass rate data from the American Board of Surgeons (2017-2019; n=242 programs; 6562 examinees), American Board of Internal Medicine (2018-2020; n=465 p

SUBMITTER: Lassner JW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9380617 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature