DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2026.29274 ISSN: 2574-3805

H-1B Visa Restrictions and US Primary Care Dependence on International Medical Graduates

Georgios Karamitros, Georgios Bouloukakis, Gregory A. Lamaris, Sofoklis Goulas, Scott D. Lifchez, Galen Perdikis, William C. Lineaweaver, Irene Papanicolas

This cross-sectional study evaluates specialty- and state-level reliance on non-US international medical graduates in primary care training and estimates the extent to which H-1B visa restrictions could disrupt this pathway.

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