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Abstract

Economists argue that residents effectively pay the full cost of their training, while their institutions treat federal GME funds as general monies. There are more effective ways to alleviate physicians' indebtedness and encourage doctors to go into primary care.

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Title
The Economics of Graduate Medical Education
Author
Chandra Amitabh; Khullar Dhruv; Wilensky, Gail R 1 

 From the Harvard Kennedy School of Government, Cambridge, MA (A.C.); Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT (D.K.); and Project HOPE, Bethesda, MD (G.R.W.). 
Pages
2357-2360
Section
Perspective
Publication year
2014
Publication date
Jun 19, 2014
Publisher
Massachusetts Medical Society
ISSN
00284793
e-ISSN
15334406
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
1537858322
Copyright
Copyright © 2014 Massachusetts Medical Society. All rights reserved.