Procurement of Air Force Physicians: Scholarship or Direct Recruiting

Abstract

This study evaluates direct physician recruiting in light of recent trends in civilian physician incomes and other market indicators, compares the cost savings to the Air Force of direct recruiting over the Armed Forces Health Professions Scholarship Program (AFHPSP), and reviews general supply trends in the U.S. physician market. The physician shortages that have plagued the military medical services since the mid-1970s are disappearing, although the Air Force still needs more surgeons. In large part, the improvement is due to the AFHPSP, which offers medical students scholarship support if they agree to serve subsequently in the active duty physician force.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1983
Accession Number
ADA142390

Entities

People

  • S. D. Hosek

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Active Duty
  • Air Force
  • Cost Models
  • Economics
  • Education
  • General Practice
  • Health Care
  • Health Services
  • Medical Personnel
  • Medical Specialties
  • Military Medicine
  • Physicians
  • Procurement
  • Public Health
  • Students
  • Surgical Specialties
  • Training

Fields of Study

  • Medicine

Readers

  • Economics
  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.
  • Trauma or Military Medicine