Does It Cost More to Train Residents or to Replace Them? A Look at the Costs and Benefits of Operating Graduate Medical Education Programs

• Main Author: Wynn, Barbara O. (auth)
• Other Authors: Smalley, Robert (auth), Cordasco, Kristina M. (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: RAND Corporation 2013
• Subjects: Medical study & revision guides & reference material; Medicolegal issues; Medical profession; Health Sciences
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

The policy issue underlying this study is whether Medicare support for graduate medical education should be restructured to differentiate between self-sustaining or less costly programs and those that are more costly to the sponsoring institution and its educational partners. The authors used litera...