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AJDoctors060502.sPubDate = "5/2/2006 9:01:47 PM GMT";
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AJDoctors060502.appHeader = "The doctor shortage |";
AJDoctors060502.appDeck = "When the giant baby boom generation becomes senior citizens in 2011, the elderly population will begin growing faster than the total population. But the medical profession isn't prepared to meet their health care needs.";
AJDoctors060502.appFooter = "SOURCES: American Medical Association; NBC News; University of Wisconsin School of Public Health and Medicine; U.S. Census";
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AJDoctors060502[i-1].body = "Shortage of physicians projected in the United States in 2020<br>______________________________";

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AJDoctors060502[i-1].body = "Number of geriatric physicians in 1998";

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AJDoctors060502[i-1].body = "Number of geriatric physicians in 2005<br>______________________________";

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AJDoctors060502[i-1].body = "Proportion of all patients visiting doctors over age 45 in 1992";

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AJDoctors060502[i-1].body = "Proportion of all patients visiting doctors over age 45 in 2001<br>______________________________";

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AJDoctors060502[i-1].body = "Shortage of elder-care specialists in the United States in 2005";

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AJDoctors060502[i-1].body = "Shortage of elder-care specialists in the United States in 2030 (projected)";

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