'Unheralded safety net' providing state health practitioners for under-served areas
...erating in the study year, 1996, including 29 loan repayment programs, 29 that offer scholarships in exchange for service, 11 providing loans, eight offering other direct financial incentives and five that support residents. The number of such programs doubled between 1990 and 1996. Common features of stat...Burnout of young doctors affects careers, recruiting and patient care
...n, higher salaries for residents, full deferral of repayment of the principal and interest on education-related loans without interest accrual during residency training, and better financial advising for residents. They say that the medical community must respond immediately and effectively to the alarming fin......H) reported today that it has awarded student loan repayment contracts to more than 1,400 health researchers ac...Year 2002, the first year NIH implemented the loan repayment programs nationwide. The 1,407 new contracts for Fiscal Year 2004 totaled nearly $68 million, avera...