Profession
Utah forecasts recruiting shortage of 84 doctors annually
NEWS IN BRIEF — Posted Oct. 9, 2006
The Utah Medical Education Council estimates that the state will need to recruit 270 physicians a year to keep up with population growth. While each year about 52 to 60 graduates of the state's medical residents choose to stay after they graduate, that still leaves 210 to 218 physicians who must be recruited from out of state.
Currently, that's about 84 more physicians a year then the state has been able to find.
In 2003, the state had 3,894 practicing physicians, according to the council, or about 165 physicians per 100,000 people, well below the recommended 290 physicians per 100,000.
Note: This item originally appeared at http://www.ama-assn.org/amednews/2006/10/09/prbf1009.htm.