University of Utah medical class still small while need for providers grows
Salt Lake Tribune
"What happens if the national [physician] shortage becomes more acute? Will Utah be able to compete?" Squire said. "With low incomes [for primary practitioners] and high debt loads, they'll go to the highest bidder, and Utah is not the highest bidder.
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SAN ANTONIO -- Some people call it a crisis in the making. An overwhelming shortage of primary care doctors has San Antonio’s medical school trying to convince its students to choose that career.
Dr. James Holly has been a family practice doctor for almost four decades. He values the one-on-one personal attention he’s able to give his patients.

Many of the 900 medical students studying at the U.T. Health Science Center today won’t choose to be a primary care doctor, though, for fear of being overworked, underpaid and exhausted. Students are more likely to pursue a specialty

Utah needs more doctors
Salt Lake Tribune
The physician shortage will intensify when national insurance coverage becomes effective in 2014. The large bubble of baby boomers reaching age 65 will compound the stress on the state's health care providers. Something can be done to help ensure ...
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Primary care physician shortage looms in Louisville
They are the quarterbacks of the health care system — generalists who monitor the entire body, give preventive care, spot problems early and send patients to specialists if needed.
Despite their key role, primary care physicians are in increasingly short supply, and a new study says the shortage is expected to become critical soon in Louisville — as it has been in many rural areas of Kentucky for years. READ MORE

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Doctor shortage looms as primary care
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