DOs see reform as enrollment opportunity

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Osteopathic medical schools have experienced an increase in applicants and are poised to take advantage of health care reform and its emphasis on primary care. For example, applications for osteopathic medical schools increased 30% from 1992 to 1993. Almost two-thirds of osteopaths practice primary care, one of the cornerstones of US healthcare reform. In contrast, traditional medical schools are being pressured to decrease the number of specialists they produce and increase the number of primary care physicians.

Planning, Recruiting, Health care reform, Osteopathic schools

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Physician supply woes; is Canada getting too ruthless with doctors?

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The Ontario Ministry of Health plans to reduce the salaries of recently graduated physicians in those specialties that are in oversupply in the state. Canada's ten provincial health ministers are seeking methods to reduce costs and plan to reduce medical school slots for applicants by 10%. Ontario's University of Toronto is forecast to have 75 fewer first-year slots, a cut of about 30% of total class size. Additional methods to reduce the oversupply of physicians are being explored by Canada's health ministers.

Economic policy, College admissions, Medical colleges, Medical school admissions, Ontario. Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care

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