Geriatricians are not adequately compensated for the time that they take in caring and addressing their patient’s complex medical, psychological and social needs.  As a result, this specialized field of medicine is not attracting enough physicians to care for our rapidly growing senior population.  Learn more in this article from The Boston Globe.

 In 2008 there were 7,128 certified geriatricians in the United States. By 2030, we will need 36,000 geriatricians. But the number of graduating physicians seeking specialty training in geriatrics is going in the wrong direction, dropping from 167 in 2003 to 91 in 2007. Fewer doctors are specializing in geriatrics, in part because it does not provide sufficient income to pay off their loans or compensate them fairly for the labor-intensive work.

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