able it shows that overall, we have more physicians in the country but primary care doctors appear to be falling behind their specialty counterparts. Please provide three reasons why you think that is happening and also what can managed care$/$government payors do to help make the primary care field more attractive. Please write a $1-2$ page paper on your reasoning and explain what ways managed care$/$government could

Year

Active physicians

Rate per $1,000$ residents

General and primary care physicians

Primary care as a percentage of active physicians

$1960$

$247,257$

$1\mathrm{.}4$

$125,359$

$50\mathrm{.}7$

$1970$

$310,929$

$1\mathrm{.}5$

$137,515$

$43\mathrm{.}2$

$1980$

$414,916$

$1\mathrm{.}8$

$187,347$

$41\mathrm{.}1$

$1990$

$547,310$

$2\mathrm{.}2$

$244,425$

$39\mathrm{.}0$

$2000$

$692,368$

$2\mathrm{.}5$

$326,947$

$39\mathrm{.}7$

$2005$

$762,438$

$2\mathrm{.}6$

$365,420$

$39\mathrm{.}4$

$2010$

$794,862$

$2\mathrm{.}6$

$304,687$

$38\mathrm{.}3$

$2015$

$870,900$

$2\mathrm{.}7$

$324,106$

$37\mathrm{.}2$

$2018$

$893,641$

$2\mathrm{.}7$

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