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Corso, K. A., Dorrance, K. A., LaRochelle, J., & LaRochelle, J. U. (Ret). (2018). The physician shortage: A red herring in American health care reform. Military Medicine, 183, 220-224.

The article contends that increasing the physician supply will not improve the health of Americans; rather, solutions that lower health care costs while concomitantly improving health status will.

Dickson, J. J. (2015). Supporting a generationally diverse workforce: Considerations for aging providers in the US healthcare system. Journal of Best Practices in Health Professions Diversity: Education, Research & Policy, 8(2), 1071-1086.

The article describes factors that hinder or support the continued employment of occupational therapy practitioners over the age of 50 and suggests workplace accommodations and considerations that might allow some to work longer in the field.

Gaffney, A., McCormick, D., Bor, D., Woolhandler, S., & Himmelstein, D. (2019). Coverage expansions and utilization of physician care: Evidence from the 2014 Affordable Care Act and 1966 Medicare/Medicaid Expansions. American Journal of Public Health, 109(12), 1694–1701.

This article evaluates the effects of the two major coverage expansions in U.S. history—Medicare/Medicaid in 1966 and the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in 2014—on the utilization of physician care.

Kirch, D. G., & Petelle, K. (2017). Addressing the physician shortage: The peril of ignoring demography. JAMA, 317(19), 1947-1948.

This article emphasizes that with multiple variables affecting how the health needs of the United States will evolve in the next few years, physician workforce projections must consider this complex and dynamic landscape.

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2020). Healthcare occupations.

This website describes how the employment of healthcare occupations is projected to grow much faster than the average for all occupations, adding about 1.9 million new jobs. Healthcare occupations are projected to add more jobs than any of the other occupational groups. This projected growth is mainly due to an aging population, leading to greater demand for healthcare services.