TY  - JOUR
T1  - Commentary - The Orthopaedic Workforce: Which Rate is Right?*
AU  - Weinstein, James N.
AU  - Goodman, David
AU  - Wennberg, John E.
Y1  - 1998/03/01
N1  - 
JO  - The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery
SP  - 327
EP  - 30
VL  - 80
IS  - 3
N2  - 
    Since the 1970s, the number of clinically active specialists in the United States per 100,000 population has more than doubled. For example, the number of orthopaedic surgeons increased from 3.6 in 1970 to 7.1 currently (Fig. 1). The increase in the supply of physicians has been associated with an increase in per capita costs and in utilization of specialist care. As a result of this escalation in health-care spending, the federal government has called for a dramatic change in the way in which they support graduate medical education. In this new scenario, institutions would be rewarded for reducing the number of residency trainees3.

SN  - 0021-9355
M3  - doi: 
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ER  -