Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/305705 
Year of Publication: 
2024
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 17263
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
We quantify the impact of federal subsidies for graduate medical education on primary care physician (PCP) supply by examining the impact of Section 5503 of the Affordable Care Act, which increased the number of residents that teaching hospitals in rural and high-need areas could receive subsidies for training. Instrumenting for selection into the program using its eligibility and allocation criteria, we find that the provision increased both the recruitment of residents into primary care and time spent at teaching hospitals in high-need areas, resulting in an increase in PCP supply in treated counties of 5.2 percent.
Subjects: 
Medicare
Affordable Care Act
primary care
JEL: 
I18
I28
J24
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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