Drop in recruitment of primary care MDs reported CMAJ 1997;157:360 © 1997 Canadian Medical Association An American firm reports that recruitment of physicians by managed-care firms appears to have stalled, at least temporarily. A review of more than 1600 assignments completed by Merritt, Hawkins & Associates, a recruiting firm in Irving, Texas, indicated that the number of searches it conducted for primary care physicians decreased, while demand grew for specialists and physicians in solo practice. "Managed care is supposed to be depressing incomes for specialty physicians, increasing the need for primary care physicians and reducing the viability of solo practice," said Joseph Hawkins, the company's CEO. "None of these trends is evident in this year's survey." He added that managed care "has churned the market for physicians like a twister, and the last 12 months may have been a lull in which the market paused to catch its breath." Send a letter to the editor responding to this article Envoyez une lettre à la rédaction au sujet de cet article | CMAJ August 15, 1997 (vol 157, no 4) / JAMC le 15 août 1997 (vol 157, no 4) |