General practitioner workforce planning: assessment of four policy directions

• Main Authors: O'Dowd Tom (Author), O'Kelly Fergus D (Author), Thomas Stephen (Author), Teljeur Conor (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Estimating the supply of GPs into the future is important in forecasting shortages. The lengthy training process for medicine means that adjusting supply to meet demand in a timely fashion is problematic. This study uses Ireland as a...