Is the U.S. training enough doctors? Data aren’t adequate to answer, GAO study says

Fierce Healthcare April 2, 2018
Joanne Finnegan

A new GAO report recommends HHS get a better handle on funding for residency training.

The government needs better information to know whether the country is training enough future doctors to meet patient needs, according to a Government Accountability Office report.

In a new report, the GAO recommended that the Department of Health and Human Services get a better handle on those data to help ensure government funds that go toward paying for residency training are being used effectively.

Otherwise, no one can know for sure whether there will be enough doctors trained in the specialties patients need in the places people need them, the report said.

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