In the late 1960s into the 1970s, continued predictions of a primary-care physician shortage increased funding and attendance in various certificate-based nurse practitioner programs.

The program, designed to mitigate a physician shortage, initially awarded bachelor's degrees.

A physician shortage is a situation in which there are not enough physicians to treat all patients in need of medical care.

A number of solutions, including short-term fixes and long-term solutions, have been proposed to address physician shortages.

To address physician shortages in rural areas, develop, organize, and locate medical schools to increase the propensity of physicians entering rural practice.

The hybrid model is an alternative approach to concierge medicine and does not disenfranchise patients or exacerbate the physician shortage.

West subsequently convened a public meeting on Manitoba's physician shortage, which was held at Winnipeg's Transcona Inn in early 2003.

And the spotlight was on physician shortages at a Capitol Hill hearing chaired by Senator Bernie Sanders.

The state of health care in Nigeria has been worsened by a physician shortage as a consequence of severe 'brain drain'.

The hospital responded to physician shortage by increasing its efforts to recruit physicians using innovative techniques such as a special website devoted to recruiting physicians.