Pakistan is the 3rd Largest Source of Foreign Doctors in America

[RiazHaq]

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Pakistan is the third biggest source of foreign doctors who make up a third of all practicing physicians in the United States, according to OECD. Vast majority of Muslim doctors in America are of Pakistani origin.

Foreign Doctors in America:

About 30% of the 800,000 doctors, or about 240,000 doctors, currently practicing in America are of foreign origin, according to Catholic Health Association of the United States. Predictions vary, but according to the American Association of Medical Colleges, by 2025 the U.S. will be short about 160,000 physicians. This gap will most likely be filled by more foreign doctors.


Foreign Doctors in US, UK. Source: OECD


Pakistani Doctors in United States:

As of 2013, there are over 12,000 Pakistani doctors, or about 5% of all foreign physicians and surgeons, in practice in the United States. Pakistan is the third largest source of foreign-trained doctors. India tops with 22%, or 52,800 doctors. It is followed by the Philippines with 6%, or 14,400 foreign-trained doctors. India and Pakistan also rank as the top two sources of foreign doctors in the United Kingdom.


Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan


Dow Medical University of Health Sciences:

There are 3,100 graduates of Karachi's Dow University of Health Sciences, contributing the largest pool of doctors among the 12,000 Pakistani doctors in the United States. About are 1900 from Lahore's King Edward Medical College and the rest from Karachi's Agha Khan University, Lahore's Allama Iqbal Medical College and other medical colleges in Pakistan, according to Dr. Humayun Chaudhry, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Federation of State Medical Boards in the United States.

Doctor Shortages:

India has six doctors for 10,000 people and Pakistan has eight. The comparable figure for the United States is 25 doctors per 10,000. And yet, the United States continues to import thousands of doctors from these two South Asian nations. Predictions vary, but according to the American Association of Medical Colleges, by 2025 the U.S. will be short about 160,000 physicians. This shortfall will most likely be filled by foreign doctors from countries like India and Pakistan.

Summary:

Pakistani doctors make up the third largest source of practicing physicians and surgeons in the United States. And more are coming to make up the continuing shortages in spite of the fact that Pakistan has only eight doctors per 10,000 people, only a third of the 25 doctors per 10,000 in the United States. Will this change after President-elect Donald Trump takes office on January 20, 2017? Only time will tell.

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[war&peace]

A few day it is 4th so..now our rank improved.. though I really feel ashamed that all these doctors study in Pakistan almost free of cost and then leave their country to earn few more bucks.

 

[LeGenD]

A few day it is 4th so..now our rank improved.. though I really feel ashamed that all these doctors study in Pakistan almost free of cost and then leave their country to earn few more bucks.

This is sheer ignorance.

It is not easy to be a successful doctor in Pakistan. Foreign qualification and experience is necessary for growth in the medical sector of Pakistan, from select-few countries. And a number of candidates are on self-finance which is expensive.

Another point is that doctors are likely to serve in foreign countries and also Pakistan. They don't necessarily stick to one place or a country.

 

[Mr.Nair]

A few day it is 4th so..now our rank improved.. though I really feel ashamed that all these doctors study in Pakistan almost free of cost and then leave their country to earn few more bucks.

You can't blame just doctors only, the package is less in pakistan according to effort made by them to study.In India
many speciality and super speciality prefer to stay at home since they are getting good package compared before.Many indian doctors prefer to stay in India, even a good package of 25,000 dirhams/month in UAE.

 

[RiazHaq]

You can't blame just doctors only, the package is less in pakistan according to effort made by them to study.In India
many speciality and super speciality prefer to stay at home since they are getting good package compared before.Many indian doctors prefer to stay in India, even a good package of 25,000 dirhams/month in UAE.

But India has even fewer doctors per capita than Pakistan. India 6 doctors per 10,000 vs Pakistan 8 doctors per 10,000

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...e-doctors-from-India/articleshow/47042068.cms

 

[Mr.Nair]

But India has even fewer doctors per capita than Pakistan. India 6 doctors per 10,000 vs Pakistan 8 doctors per 10,000

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...e-doctors-from-India/articleshow/47042068.cms

That's why i told that 'now, compared before' and above statistics based on 2 year old data.Much experienced very senior super speciality doctors are getting package of almost 1.7 million Indian rupees /month in indian hospital, though such package is unimaginable in pakistan for any senior doctor.

 

[jamal18]

A few day it is 4th so..now our rank improved.. though I really feel ashamed that all these doctors study in Pakistan almost free of cost and then leave their country to earn few more bucks.

It's called a brain drain and is considered detrimental to the economy.

 

[war&peace]

Another point is that doctors are likely to serve in foreign countries and also Pakistan. They don't necessarily stick to one place or a country.

I have a lot of doctors in my family, friends and acquaintances...and I have seen how crazily they prepare for USML steps and FRCPS to go to USA and UK respectively. And i have not any seen anyone planning to return to Pakistan any time soon.
While the country suffers from the deficiency of qualified doctors..
They are just selfish people..nothing else.

 

[KediKesenFare3]

This is nothing to be proud of. Wish they would stay in Pakistan.

 

[jamal18]

I have a lot of doctors in my family, friends and acquaintances...and I have seen how crazily they prepare for USML steps and FRCPS to go to USA and UK respectively. And i have not any seen anyone planning to return to Pakistan any time soon.
While the country suffers from the deficiency of qualified doctors..
They are just selfish people..nothing else.

At the end of the day, money talks. All over the world.

 

[RiazHaq]

#US Patient Mortality Lower With Foreign-Trained #Physicians from #India, #Pakistan, #Philipinnes, etc http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/875356 … via @medscape


Medicare patients admitted to the hospital and treated by internists who graduated from medical schools outside the United States had lower 30-day mortality than matched patients cared for by graduates of US schools, according to results of a study published online today in the British Medical Journal (BMJ).

To practice in the US, international medical school graduates must pass two exams on medical knowledge and one assessment of clinical skills, and complete accredited residency training here. However, medical schools outside the US are not accredited by any domestic agency. In response to concerns about quality of care from internationally trained physicians, the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates will require accreditation of medical schools outside the US by 2023.

Studies comparing the quality of care provided by internationally trained physicians with that by domestically trained physicians are few and small in scope. Yet, physicians trained outside the US may be perceived by some as not as competent as physicians who attended medical school in the US.

To compare the two, Yusuke Tsugawa, MD, MPH, PhD, from the TH Chan School of Public Health at Harvard, and colleagues conducted a large observational study of hospitalized Medicare beneficiaries to assess whether outcomes differ depending upon whether or not their general internists were trained domestically or abroad. The study excluded graduates from Central America and the Caribbean to minimize inclusion of US citizens trained outside the country. The countries that contributed the most internists to US hospitals were China, Egypt, India, Mexico, Nigeria, Pakistan, the Philippines, and Syria.

The researchers assessed 30-day mortality rate (the primary outcome), readmission rate, and costs of care (total part B spending), and whether clinical condition influences differences in patient outcomes and care costs between the two groups of patients. In addition, they adjusted their models for patient characteristics (age, sex, race or ethnic group, diagnosis, and income), physician characteristics (age, sex, and patient volume,) and hospital fixed effects (characteristics of hospitals).

Results indicated that 44.3% (19,589 of 44,227) of general internists in the US graduated from medical schools outside the country. They were slightly younger than US graduates (46.1 v 47.9 years; P < .001), and were more likely to work in medium-sized, nonteaching, for-profit hospitals without intensive care units.

In addition, their patients were more likely to be nonwhite, have Medicaid, have lower median household income, and have more chronic comorbidities (congestive heart failure [CHF], chronic obstructive pulmonary disease [COPD], and diabetes)


The mortality analysis included 1,215,490 patients admitted to the hospital under the care of 44,227 general internists between 2011 and 2014. Patients treated by international graduates had lower mortality (adjusted mortality, 11.2% v 11.6%; adjusted odds ratio, 0.95; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.93 - 0.96; P < .001).

"Based on the risk difference of 0.4 percentage points, for every 250 patients treated by US medical graduates, one patient's life would be saved if the quality of care were equivalent between the international graduates and US graduates," the authors write.

The cost analysis included 1,276,559 patients treated by 44,680 physicians during the same study period.

Overall, patients of internationally trained internists had slightly higher adjusted costs of care per admission ($1145 v $1098; adjusted difference, $47; 95% CI, $39 - $55; P < .001).

Meanwhile, adjusted readmission rates among 1,182,268 patients who were treated by 44,201 physicians did not differ between the two patient groups.

 

[Thorough Pro]

good doctors in Pakistan earn up to a million Rupees a day

You can't blame just doctors only, the package is less in pakistan according to effort made by them to study.In India
many speciality and super speciality prefer to stay at home since they are getting good package compared before.Many indian doctors prefer to stay in India, even a good package of 25,000 dirhams/month in UAE.

 

[AntiToxic]

But India has even fewer doctors per capita than Pakistan. India 6 doctors per 10,000 vs Pakistan 8 doctors per 10,000

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...e-doctors-from-India/articleshow/47042068.cms

Chacha... you should compare the Poupation size also... so considering Pakistan's population ,8 per 10,000 is very less..