Trends in psychiatry physicians 1996-2006

TRENDS IN PSYCHIATRY PHYSICIANS 1996-2006 SPECIALTY FACT SHEET SERIES SPRING 2009 (No. 3 of 12)
GEORGIA BOARD FOR PHYSICIAN WORKFORCE

SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION OF PSYCHIATRY PHYSICIANS

Psychiatry Physician Distribution 2006 Secondary Care Service Areas* (SCSA)

Dade Catoosa

Murray

Fannin

Towns Rabun

Union

Whitfield Walker

Gilmer

White Habersham

Chattooga Gordon
Region 1
Floyd6.1 Bartow

Pickens

Lumpkin
Region

2

Stephens

4.2 Dawson

Banks Franklin

Hart

Cherokee Forsyth Hall

Jackson Madison Elbert

Below State Rate Above State Rate
GA Rate = 11.2 US Rate = 13.8

Region 3 Polk

Cobb

Paulding Haralson

Gwinnett Barrow Clarke Oglethorpe

Dekalb

Walton Oconee

Wilkes

*Physicians per 100,000 population Lincoln

Carroll

Douglas 14.3
Fulton Clayton

Region

Rockdale

Morgan

Newton 5.4

5
Greene

Taliaferro

Columbia McDuffie

Region 7 Coweta
Heard

Henry Fayette
Butts Spalding

Jasper

Warren Putnam
Hancock Glascock

Richmond

Reg6io.5n 4 Region 6 18.0 Troup Meriwether Pike Lamar Monroe

Baldwin Jones

Jefferson Washington

Burke

Harris

Upson

Talbot

14.5 Bibb
Crawford

Wilkinson

Twiggs

Johnson Emanuel

Jenkins

Screven

Taylor

Peach

Muscogee
Region 8 Marion

Houston Bleckley Laurens

Treutlen

Bulloch Candler

Effingham

Region 9 Region 12 Chattahoochee

Macon

10.5 Schley

6.2 10.5 Stewart Webster

Sumter

Pulaski Dodge Dooly
Wilcox

Montgomery

Evans

Wheeler

Tatnall Toombs

Bryan Chatham

Crisp

Telfair

Liberty

Quitman

Terrell Lee

Randolph

Clay Calhoun Dougherty

Region 10

Early

Baker

9.5 Mitchell

Miller

Turner

Ben Hill

Jeff Davis Appling

Long

Worth Colquitt

Irwin

Coffee Bacon

Wayne

Tift Region 11

Pierce

Berrien 7.1

Cook

Atkinson

Ware

Brantley

McIntosh Glynn

Seminole Decatur

Grady Thomas Brooks

Lanier Lowndes

Clinch

Charlton

Camden

Echols

*State Service Delivery Regions; Effective July 1, 1998, the State Legislature voted to provide regional boundaries for the purpose of consistency in planning and service delivery from State Agencies.

There was an increase in physicians becoming board certified between 1996 and 2006. o 1996: 61.1% of psychiatry physicians were board certified compared to 73.4% of total physicians.
o 2006: 71.0% of psychiatry physicians were board certified compared to 83.2% of total physicians.
Nine of the twelve SCSAs are below the state rate for psychiatry physicians.
The rate for SCSA Region 2 of 4.2 psychiatry physicians is below the state rate of 11.2.
The number of psychiatry physicians has grown by 23.5% between 1996 and 2006, but the rate has decreased slightly
Of all the psychiatry physicians: o 1996: 6.8% were residents o 2006: 2.7% were residents
Of all the residents: o 1996: 7.3% were in psychiatry o 2006: 7.3% were in psychiatry

MSA VERSUS NON-MSA DISTRIBUTION OF PSYCHIATRY PHYSICIANS
Psychiatry physicians have always been concentrated in Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs). However, there has been a decline of psychiatry physicians practicing in Non-Metropolitan Statistical Areas (Non-MSA's). From 2004 to 2006, there was a 6.7% decrease in the percentage of psychiatry physicians practicing in Non-MSA designated areas.
PSYCHIATRY PHYSICIANS BY YEAR: GEORGIA MSA/NON-MSA

DESIGNATION MSA
NON-MSA

2004 81.3% 18.7%

2006 88.0% 12.0%

Georgia Board for Physician Workforce 1718 Peachtree St., N.W., Suite 683, Atlanta, Georgia 30309, (404) 206-5420 www.gbpw.georgia.gov Cherri Tucker, Executive Director. Colette Caldwell, Carla Graves, Kelly McNamara, and G.E. Alan Dever, M.D., Ph.D., contributors.

DEMOGRAPHICS

Psychiatry Physicians By Gender

80

73.1%

66.8%

70

60

Psychiatry Physicians By Race
100 81.5% 74.9%
80

50

60

40

33.2% 26.9%

30

40

20

10

0 Male

Female

1996 2006

20
0 White

14.3%

8.1%

9.6% 6.3% 0.8% 4.5%

Black 1996

Asian 2006

Other

Since 1996, there has been a 6.3% increase in the number of female psychiatry physicians practicing in Georgia. Additionally, the percentage of black psychiatry physicians has increased by 6.6% since 1996. The percentage of white psychiatry physicians has decreased by 6.6%, while the percentage of Asian psychiatry physicians has decreased by 3.3%.

Percentage of Psychiatry Physicians

and Total Physicians Age 55 and Older

1996 and 2006

40

31.9%

30

23.6%

38.4% 26.3%

20

10

0 1996

2006

Psychiatry

Total Physicians

The percentage of psychiatry physicians
age 55 and older increased by 6.5% between 1996 and 2006.
Similarly, the percentage of total practicing
physicians age 55 and older increased by 2.7% during the same time period.

TRENDS IN THE NUMBER AND RATE OF PSYCHIATRY PHYSICIANS

Overall, the NUMBER of psychiatry physicians practicing in Georgia has increased from 1996 to 2006. However, when the numbers are compared to changes in the population for the same period, Georgia has actually experienced an overall decline in the RATE of psychiatry physicians. In 1996, Georgia had a rate of 11.4 psychiatry physicians compared to 10.5 in 2004; however the rate increased slightly by 2006.

Total Number

Rate per 100,000 Population

1200

1000

912

823 844

800

1,016 895 915

12 11.4 11.0 11.1 10.4 10.5 11.1 10
8

600

6

400
200
0 1996

1998

2000

2002

2004

2006

4
2
0 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006