Economic Expansion Is a Major Determinant of Physician Supply and Utilization

Richard A. Cooper, Thomas E. Getzen, Prakash Laud

Health Services Research · 2003 · 121 citations · 38 references

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Abstract

Economic expansion has a strong, lagged relationship with changes in physician supply. This suggests that economic projections could serve as a gauge for projecting the future utilization of physician services.

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