The phrase "doctor shortage" means that there aren't enough doctors available to meet the needs of the population. It indicates a situation where there aren't sufficient medical professionals to provide necessary healthcare services to everyone.
Sentences with «doctor shortage»
The ongoing doctor shortage is starting to cut into the bottom lines at hospitals — and executives are worried. (fortune.com)
He was a powerful voice on the social determinants of health, on Indigenous health and on the impact of doctor shortages in Australia and in developing countries. (croakey.org)
Western New York's supply of primary care physicians plummeted by nearly a quarter between 2010 and 2013, according to Sen. Chuck Schumer, providing the starkest evidence yet of a family doctor shortage plaguing upstate New York and likely to get worse in the future. (nystateofpolitics.com)