Proportion of Non–US-Born and Noncitizen Health Care Professionals in the United States in 2016

National estimates of the proportion of current health care professionals, including physicians, who are non-US-born or noncitizens are unknown. These proportions may be significant. For example, non-US-born medical graduates comprise approximately one-fifth of practicing US physicians, and among no...

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Published in:JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association 2018-12, Vol.320 (21), p.2265-2267
Main Authors: Patel, Yash M, Ly, Dan P, Hicks, Tanner, Jena, Anupam B
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Census of Population
Citizenship
Foreign Medical Graduates - statistics & numerical data
Foreign Professional Personnel - statistics & numerical data
Graduates
Health care
Health Personnel - statistics & numerical data
Letter
Letters
Medical personnel
Physicians
Research Letter
Surveys and Questionnaires
United States
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Summary:National estimates of the proportion of current health care professionals, including physicians, who are non-US-born or noncitizens are unknown. These proportions may be significant. For example, non-US-born medical graduates comprise approximately one-fifth of practicing US physicians, and among non-US-born medical graduates who match into residency positions in the US, approximately 60% are not US citizens. Using data from the US census, this study estimate the proportion of non-US-born and noncitizen health care professionals in the US in 2016.
ISSN:0098-7484
1538-3598
DOI:10.1001/jama.2018.14270