Does it cost more to train residents or to replace them? : a look at the costs and benefits of operating graduate medical education programs /

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Medicare is the primary vehicle for federal support for physician residency training programs through its graduate medical education payments to teaching hospitals. One important factor influencing the decisions that a teaching hospital makes regarding graduate medical education (GME) program offeri...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Authors: Wynn, Barbara O. (Author), Smalley, Robert (Author), Cordasco, Kristina M. (Author)
Corporate Author: Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (U.S.) (sponsoring body.)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corporation, [2013]
Series:Research report (Rand Corporation)
Subjects:
Medical colleges > United States.
Residents (Medicine) > Training of > United States.
Medical policy > United States.
Internship and Residency > economics
Medicare > economics
Hospitals, Teaching > economics
Physicians, Primary Care > economics
Écoles de médecine > États-Unis.
Résidents (Médecine) > Formation > États-Unis.
Politique sanitaire > États-Unis.
Medical colleges
Medical policy
Residents (Medicine) > Training of
United States
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Direct GME costs
  • Indirect effects of operating residency training programs
  • GME direct benefits
  • Summary of findings and discussion
  • Appendix A: 2008 Direct GME costs, payments, and sources of funding
  • Appendix B: Faculty-to-resident ratios and time spent in GME-related activities
  • Appendix C: Analyses of California OSHPD data
  • Appendix D: Medicaid 2009 GME payments.

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