Medical Economics January 27, 2023
Lyle Berkowitz, MD

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For decades, the physician shortage has been cited as one of the U.S. health care system’s most significant barriers to delivering better access to better care at lower costs. If only we had more doctors, the narrative goes, many of the persistent issues that plague patients, physicians, and other key health care stakeholders could be relieved.

It is time to rethink this problem and ask: What if we don’t have a shortage of physicians, but rather just a shortage of using them efficiently?

Of course, the stories about physician shortages have become a well-worn meme in the news cycle. For example, a recent report released by the Association of American Medical...

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