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How Nurse Practitioners Are Filling Gaps in Primary Care

Post University

As the existing workforce continues to age into retirement and burn out from increased workloads — and as aspiring physicians choose primary care specializations less frequently — the gap will continue to widen. Projections from the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) predict a gap of 86,000 physicians by 2036.