Around 88 percent of patients in areas with 245 physicians per 100,000 residents said their physician usually spends enough time with them; the same was true for 85 percent of patients in areas of 146 physicians per 100,000 people.
The study was led by David C. Goodman, MD, director of the Center for Health Policy Research at the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, and colleagues. According to American Medical News, the study is the latest in a debate between Dartmouth researchers and other experts about the severity of the physician shortage.
Read the American Medical News report on access to care.
Read more on the physician shortage:
–States Will Struggle to Find Primary Care for Booming Medicaid Population
–Five Key Benefits of Locum Tenens Physicians
–Rhode Island Representative Urges Insurers to Retain Physicians With Better Reimbursement
