MD & DO [NEJM] Addressing Socioeconomic Barriers to Residency Choice

[Mr.Smile12]

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Recognizing that financially strapped students find their residency choices constrained by cost-of-living considerations, Mass General Brigham began supplementing the salaries of residents in need.

https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp2411273

 

[throwawayftw]

I'm all for raising resident salaries across the hospital.
However, I don't think they are necessarily using the best measures of residents' financial need. Residents are adults who are supporting themselves, so past parental income is less important that student loan burden or number of dependent children.