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More doctors in the pipeline

Quick View. June 6, 2005.

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Medical schools are starting to increase enrollment in response to growing concerns of a looming physician shortage.

By 2020, expansion plans will put an estimated 30,000 additional physicians into a work force of 972,000 physicians, bringing the total to 1,002,000. Existing and new schools expect to reach the following targets for first-year enrollment increases by 2010. Because not all plans are final, estimates were given in ranges.

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AAMC Center for Workforce Studies.

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