Alejandro Bahena
ECON 545 – 10388 Business Economics
Microeconomics Analysis
September 21, 2014

Introduction
The demand for physicians and health care services in the United States is determine by the quantity the public is willing to pay for the lowest price in order to benefit from their services. Several factors affect the demand for physicians. The needs and size of the population, economic hardships and the high prices they are faced to pay. The technological constrains related to the practicality of the demands from consumers. The last demand of health care physicians depends on the relation between the demand and supply current conditions in the market of service. Past projections show that the continuous shortage of supply and demand for physicians will continue to influence the policies and programs related to the health care systems. Because completing medical school and creating a new structure for physicians is time consuming, the USA needs to predict the needs of the physicians in advance. The shortage of physicians was the leading cause for the creation of new medical school in the country. . The important factors which will estimate the future demand of the physicians depends on 800,000 present physicians, millions of nurses and other health care workers, about 300 million patients, hundreds of health plans, thousands of health care facilities, thousands of employers in the industry, thousands of legislators and policy makers, and other factors such economic conditions, technology level, and culture. (Hough, 2009)
The important factors which will estimate the future demand of the physicians depends on 800,000 present physicians, millions of nurses and other health care workers, about 300+ million patients, hundreds of health plans, thousands of health care facilities, thousands of employers in the industry, thousands of legislators and