J Med Pract Manage. 1988;3(3):212-6.
The Journal of medical practice management : MPM
M E Whitcomb
PMID: 10302255
Since 1984, the federal government has incrementally linked funding of Medicare to considerations of medical manpower supply, training, and specialization. To beneficially implement such policy, the government should: reaffirm that general medical education costs are an integral part of care costs in teaching hospitals; discontinue federal support of medical education in foreign schools with unacceptable standards; create programs to allow fully trained physicians to replace trainees in the provision of services to inner city poor; and require teaching hospitals to affiliate with medical schools.
