One growing NY export: doctors, alas
Irina Ivanova
There has long been a gap between the number of doctors who train in New York state and the number who practice here. But new research shows that more newly minted M.D.s are leaving the state to work elsewhere.
A report prepared by the Center for Health Workforce Studies at the University at Albany and paid for by the Greater New York Hospital Association found that last year, 55% of doctors who completed residency in New York left the state to practice. That number is 10 percentage points higher than it was 1999. Nationwide, 17% of active physicians trained in New York state.
"We're producing doctors for export," said Jean Moore, director of the Center for Health Workforce Studies. "It's less about where they train, and more about where they end up."
Outside of New York, 17 states had more than 10% of doctors who completed residency in New York. The numbers are alarming, given the state's shortage of doctors, which is projected to grow with the influx of patients newly insured under Obamacare.
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