An assessment of the W. B. Schwartz, F. A. Sloan and D. N. Mendelsohn study "Why there will be little or no physician surplus between now and the year 2000"
By: Office of Data Analysis & Management
Contributors: United States. Health Resources and Services Administration. Bureau of Health Professions. Office of Data Analysis and Management. 
Series: ODAM report -- no. 7-88.; ODAM report -- no. 7-88.
Publisher: Office of Data Analysis and Management, Bureau of Health Professions, Health Resources and Services Administration, Public Health Service, Dept. of Health and Human Services
Published: 1988
Place of publication: Washington, D.C.]
Language: eng
Subjects: Physicians; Supply and demand; Physician practice patterns; Trends
Description: "Why there will be little or no physician surplus between now and the year 2000," by W. B. Schwartz, F. A. Sloan, and D. N. Mendelsohn, appeared in the April 7, 1988 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine. The report was referred to as "the Schwartz study," represents a useful, significant contribution to the study of the future supply and requirements for physicians... This paper presents an analysis of the assumptions made by the Schwartz study, compares them with the assumptions used in other major studies and projections, and presents other evidence relevant to these issues.--p. 1.
Notes: "July 1988"