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Recent Publications

Issue Brief

The AAMC Research and Action Institute defines challenges faced in rural communities and reviews policy efforts and opportunities to improve rural health care.

Sept. 27, 2023
Average number of claims per fee-for-service Medicare beneficiary by provider type and rurality, 2021.
Issue Brief

The institute’s inaugural Fellow in Residence, Gaetano Forte, describes the promise, limitations, and future work needed to improve workforce projections.

June 29, 2023
Graph comparing 10 projections of physicians FTEs in 2020 with an estimated number in 2020.  The 10 projecctions are one from COGME 2005, one from HRSA 2006, and eight from AAMC, 2006, 2008, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2021. The AAMC projections had smaller ranges and appear to become more accurate as the year of the projection got closer to 2020.
Data Snapshot

An examination of how new restrictions on women’s health care may impact where US medical school graduates apply for residency training.

April 13, 2023
Figure 2 is a graph of percent change in U.S. MD senior OB/GYN applicants in 2020, 2023, 2022, and 2023 for all states, for states where abortion is banned, for states with a gestational limit, and for states where abortion is legal. 2020: 0.0%, -0.3%, -2.0%, 0.7%, respectively; 2021: 0.1%, -0.3%, 1.1%, -0.2%; 2022: 4.6%, 4.3%, 4.7%, 4.6%; 2023: -5.2%, -10.5%, -6.4%, -5.3%.

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