REVIEW OF US MEDICAL-SCHOOL FINANCES, 1995-1996

For the 1995-1996 fiscal year, all 125 accredited US medical schools r esponded to the annual medical school questionnaire of the Liaison Com mittee on Medical Education, part I-A. Using data from the financial p ortion of the questionnaire, we identify patterns of financing medical education during the past 3 years and the practice plan arrangements adopted by medical schools, including their organizational and legal s tructures. This financial review details differences in how public and private medical schools are being funded and funding changes during t he past 3 years. The reported data show that revenues supporting medic al school programs and activities totaled more than $31 billion in 199 5-1996, an increase of 5.4% in inflation-adjusted dollars during the p revious year. Compared with the previous year, revenues, in current an d constant dollars, increased in almost every category in 1995-1996.