Projected impact of the Primary Care Residency Expansion program using historical trends in graduate placement.
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www.aafp.org/afp Volume 89, Number 7 ◆ April 1, 2014 The Primary Care Residency Expansion (PCRE) program was created by the Health Resources and Services Administration in 2010 to help address the shortage of primary care physicians. If historical graduate placement trends for funded programs remain stable, the PCRE program would have a potential impact of more than 600 new physicians working in primary care.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- American family physician
دوره 89 7 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2014