Supply of practicing physicians in the United States Supply of practicing physicians in the United States. Note: Includes patient care physicians who have completed training and excludes physicians employed by the federal government. (Council on Graduate Medical Education [COGME]. Patient Care Physician Supply and Requirements: Testing COGME Recommendations. US Department of Health and Human Services; 1996 [HRSA-P-DM 95–3].) Source: The Health Care Workforce and the Education of Health Professionals, Understanding Health Policy: A Clinical Approach, 7e Citation: Bodenheimer T, Grumbach K. Understanding Health Policy: A Clinical Approach, 7e; 2016 Available at: https://accesspharmacy.mhmedical.com/DownloadImage.aspx?image=/data/Books/1790/p9781259584756-ch007_f001.png&sec=121191674&BookID=1790&ChapterSecID=121191622&imagename= Accessed: December 30, 2017 Copyright © 2017 McGraw-Hill Education. All rights reserved