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Kane, Robert L.; And Others – 1980
Demographic and utilization date are used to project the need for physicians to provide care for the elderly over the next 50 years. The quantitative estimates are coupled with qualitative analyses leading to recommendations for means to deliver the needed services. Estimates are that the United States will require about 8,000 geriatricians by…
Descriptors: Cooperative Planning, Family Practice (Medicine), Geriatrics, Gerontology