The Association of American Medical Colleges estimates a shortage of 150, 000 doctors by 2025.
The Association of American Medical Colleges estimates a shortage of 90, 000 doctors nationwide by 2021.
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Only 34% of med school faculty members are female, according to the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC).
According to figures from the Association of American Medical Colleges, 86% of medical school graduates had school-related debt in 2012.
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Only 37% of full-time faculty members at accredited med schools are female, according to the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC).
Tuition and fees at public medical schools, after all, have shot up 133 percent since 1990, according to the Association of American Medical Colleges.
Medical school admissions are down by 6% at a time when the Association of American Medical Colleges predicts a shortage of 160, 000 by 2025.
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All told, the Association of American Medical Colleges predicts the U.S. will face a shortage of 62, 900 doctors by 2015 and as many as 140, 000 by 2025.
The Association of American Medical Colleges reported last November that medical-loss ratios of for-profit HMOs paying a flat fee to doctors for treatment averaged only 70% of their premium revenue.
"There will be real physician shortages if we don't do more to lift the residency cap, " said Dr. Atul Grover, the Association of American Medical Colleges' chief advocacy officer, in a statement.
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At the current expansion rate, graduates from U.S. medical and osteopathic schools alone will exceed the number of expected residencies by the end of the decade, the Association of American Medical Colleges predicts.
In the study, the researchers sent out anonymous surveys to medical school deans or their representatives at each institution in the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) -- a total of 130 schools.
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The Association of American Medical Colleges has warned that the supply of new doctors can't keep pace, due to limits on federal funding for medical residency programs, and estimates that the U.S. will face a shortage of more than 90, 000 physicians by 2020, particularly in primary care and in rural areas.
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The American Association of Medical Colleges said it foresees a shortage of 90, 000 physicians within 10 years.
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