Primary Care Shortage: Does More Doctors Mean Better Care?

Primary Care Shortage: Does More Doctors Mean Better Care?: "Patients living in areas with more primary care physicians have lower death rates and fewer preventable hospitalizations, new research suggests. But as the number of medical students pursuing internal medicine drops, a looming physician shortage could lead to a crisis in primary care.

'Simply put, medical students view internal medicine as working harder and getting paid less compared to other fields,' said Dr. Mark D. Schwartz of NYU's Langone Medical Center, who has studied the phenomenon. 'It's a very, very large concern.'"