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<blockquote data-quote="speeddemon" data-source="post: 1121417" data-attributes="member: 4902">1. Your research study has barely been cited over the past ten years (most good research ends up getting cited).2. International medical graduates (IMGs) in your research study refers to anyone who graduated from a school that isn't located in the US. This includes any US citizen who went to an international medical school &amp; any foreign citizen who went to international medical school (your study makes no distinction between these two groups).3. According to the link you provided stating 26% of US doctors are international medical graduates (<a href="http://jaoa.org/article.aspx?articleid=2213422" target="_blank">http://jaoa.org/article.aspx?articleid=2213422</a>) :&quot;The top 5 countries of citizenship of these international medical graduates were the United States (30.8%), India (14.2%), Canada (8.6%), Pakistan (5.5%), and Nigeria (2.2%).&quot; Subcontinental doctors (India + Pakistan) = 14.2 + 5.5 = 19.7% of all international medical graduates in 2013 (the % fluctuates a bit every year). Not sure why you are blaming them for most of the Medicare fraud, since you have provided nothing to back up that claim.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="speeddemon, post: 1121417, member: 4902"] 1. Your research study has barely been cited over the past ten years (most good research ends up getting cited). 2. International medical graduates (IMGs) in your research study refers to anyone who graduated from a school that isn't located in the US. This includes any US citizen who went to an international medical school & any foreign citizen who went to international medical school (your study makes no distinction between these two groups). 3. According to the link you provided stating 26% of US doctors are international medical graduates ([URL]http://jaoa.org/article.aspx?articleid=2213422[/URL]) : "The top 5 countries of citizenship of these international medical graduates were the United States (30.8%), India (14.2%), Canada (8.6%), Pakistan (5.5%), and Nigeria (2.2%)." Subcontinental doctors (India + Pakistan) = 14.2 + 5.5 = 19.7% of all international medical graduates in 2013 (the % fluctuates a bit every year). Not sure why you are blaming them for most of the Medicare fraud, since you have provided nothing to back up that claim. [/QUOTE]

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