vs. 4% increase in MDs

The total number of applicants to medical school grew by 6.1 percent to 48,014, surpassing the previous record set in 1996 by 1,049 students. First-time applicants, another important indicator of interest in medicine, increased by 5.8 percent to 35,727. The number of students enrolled in their first year of medical school exceeded 20,000 for the first time (20,055), a 2.8 percent increase over 2012.

https://www.aamc.org/download/321532/data/2013factstable27-2.pdf
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Who has a better control of the demand and supply balance?

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• 根据人口数量需要多少医生，是可以预测规划的。新科技是无法预测发展的速度规模，人才就可能过多或不足。 -RYYC- ♀ (156 bytes) () 04/08/2014 postreply 19:33:10

• 美国医学院总的录取人数是被医生协会控制的，表面上是为了保障质量，实际上是为了垄断。 -近仁1995- ♂ (0 bytes) () 04/08/2014 postreply 23:43:48

• 培养住院医的费用来自政府，要不大家多缴些税？ -RYYC- ♀ (255 bytes) () 04/09/2014 postreply 06:29:19