Specialties, sub-specialties and progression through training the international perspective
August 2011
GMC Intelligence Unit Research
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Of particular concern is the national shortage of geriatricians, the lowest paid specialty. The American Geriatrics Society estimates there are 7,600 certified geriatricians in the U.S. despite a need for approximately 20,000 geriatricians.
Ironically, Medicare’s priority population, the elderly, is vastly underserved, in part because of Medicare’s own payment policies.
