RT Journal
A1 Schwartz MD
T1 THe us primary care workforce and graduate medical education policy
JF JAMA
JO JAMA
YR 2012
FD December 5
VO 308
IS 21
SP 2252
OP 2253
DO 10.1001/jama.2012.77034
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.2012.77034
AB 
There is a shortage of primary care services in the United States due to increasing demand and declining supply.1 In 2010, in its 20th Report to Congress, the Council on Graduate Medical Education called for increasing the percentage of primary care physicians from 32% to at least 40% to address this shortage.2 Although the Affordable Care Act (ACA) contains several important provisions to expand the primary care workforce, the effect of these policies is likely to be modest and their implementation likely limited if Congress does not appropriate the authorized funds.