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Jonathan P. Weiner, DrPH
The Johns Hopkins School of Public Health Baltimore, Md

JAMA. 1995;273(2):113.

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In Reply.

—A key goal of my article was to help revitalize interest in the long-dormant topic of physician workforce planning. Based on the letters herein, others sent to me personally, and related editorials printed in many major newspapers, it appears that I have been, at least to some degree, successful.

Accepting my charge from the Council on Graduate Medical Education, I attempted to portray the likely outcomes of one set of assumptions, which included growth in managed care plans and universal insurance coverage. Although I did my best to adopt a set of defendable suppositions, I claim neither a monopoly on truth nor prophetic abilities. To the contrary, as stated in my article and in other writings,¹ it is essential that scrutiny be directed at all assumptions embodied in this or any other forecasting model. Thus, I am gratified that your readers are suggesting alternative scenarios and perspectives. . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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