Med school bottleneck worries analysts, who foresee shortage of docs

Last year, more than 43,000 students applied to the nation's medical schools. Only 42% of them got in—the lowest acceptance rate in more than a decade. The number of graduates—18,200 last year—has risen over the last 10 years, but only modestly. That bottleneck worries many healthcare analysts, who foresee a shortage of doctors over the next decade.