Specialties, sub-specialties and progression through training the international perspective
August 2011
GMC Intelligence Unit Research
AGS
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.
