Data on 53 Jefferson Medical College (Pennsylvania) graduates specializing in emergency medicine (EM) found they had the highest senior year debt and expected the highest income among nonsurgeons, compared favorably in academic performance and examination scores and were very willing to treat low-income patients. Implications are discussed.…

Results of a recent national survey concerning the financing of medical education in the United States are reported, including information on data sources and characteristics, notes on medical school financial reporting patterns, a breakdown of public and private medical school revenues and expenditures, and medical student financial assistance…

Data from a 1989 survey of 125 medical college faculty practice plans reveal information on organizational models, growth of managed care, increased competition, greater medical school reliance on clinical practice income, use and growth of satellite and ambulatory care facilities, and a variety of financing options. (Author/MSE)