Trends in dermatology physicians 1996-2006

TRENDS IN DERMATOLOGY PHYSICIANS 1996-2006 SPECIALTY FACT SHEET SERIES WINTER 2010 (No. 10 of 12)
GEORGIA BOARD FOR PHYSICIAN WORKFORCE

SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION OF DERMATOLOGY PHYSICIANS

Dermatology Physician Distribution 2006



Secondary Care Service Areas* (SCSA)

Dade Catoosa

Murray

Fannin

Towns Rabun

Union

Whitfield Walker

Gilmer

White Habersham

Chattooga Gordon
Region 1

1.1

Floyd

Bartow

Lumpkin
Region

2

Stephens

Pickens Dawson

2.2 Banks Franklin Hart

Cherokee Forsyth Hall

Jackson Madison Elbert

Below State Rate Above State Rate
GA Rate = 3.0 US Rate = 3.6

Polk Paulding
Haralson

Cobb

Gwinnett

Region 3

Dekalb

4.1

Barrow Clarke Oglethorpe

Walton Oconee
Region 5

Wilkes

* Physicians per 100,000 population
Lincoln

Carroll

Douglas

Rockdale

Fulton Clayton

Newton

2.5 Morgan Greene Taliaferro

Columbia

McDuffie

Region 7 Coweta
Heard

Henry Fayette
Butts Spalding

Jasper

Warren Putnam
Hancock Glascock

Richmond

Reg1io.5n 4 Region 6 5.6 Troup Meriwether Pike Lamar Monroe

Baldwin Jones

Jefferson Washington

Burke



Harris

Upson

Talbot

2.4 Bibb
Crawford

Wilkinson

Twiggs

Johnson Emanuel

Jenkins

Screven

Taylor

Peach

Muscogee

Bulloch

Region 8 Marion

Bleckley Laurens Houston

Treutlen

Candler

Region 9 Region 12 Chattahoochee

Macon

2.8 Schley

Pulaski Dodge

Montgomery

Evans

0.7 3.0 Stewart Webster

Sumter

Dooly

Wilcox

Wheeler

Tatnall Toombs

Effingham Bryan Chatham



Crisp

Telfair

Liberty

Quitman

Terrell Lee

Turner

Ben Hill

Jeff Davis Appling

Long



Randolph

Irwin

Coffee Bacon

Wayne

McIntosh

Clay Calhoun Dougherty Worth

Tift

Region 11

Region 10

Early

Baker

Berrien 0.8

Pierce

Glynn

0.8 Miller

Mitchell Colquitt

Cook

Atkinson

Ware

Brantley



Seminole Decatur

Grady Thomas Brooks

Lanier Lowndes

Clinch

Charlton

Camden

Echols

There was an increase in dermatology physicians becoming board certified between 1996 and 2006. o 1996: 85.0% of dermatology physicians
were board certified compared to 73.4% of total physicians.
o 2006: 91.8% of dermatology physicians were board certified compared to 83.2% of total physicians.
Nine of the twelve SCSAs are below the state rate for dermatology physicians. Ten are below the U.S. rate.
Region 9 has the lowest rate of dermatologists in the state.
The number of dermatology physicians has increased by 27.9% between 1996 and 2006.
Of all the dermatology physicians: o 1996: 9.3% were residents o 2006: 2.4% were residents


*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.

Of all the residents:
o 1996: 2.6% were in dermatology o 2006: 1.7% were in dermatology

MSA VERSUS NON-MSA DISTRIBUTION OF DERMATOLOGY PHYSICIANS
Dermatology physicians have always been concentrated in Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs). However, there has been a decline of dermatology physicians practicing in Non-Metropolitan Statistical Areas (Non-MSA's). From 2004 to 2006, there was an 8% decrease in the percentage of dermatology physicians practicing in Non-MSA designated areas.
DERMATOLOGY PHYSICIANS BY YEAR: GEORGIA MSA/NON-MSA

DESIGNATION MSA
NON-MSA

2004 86.5% 13.5%

2006 94.5% 5.5%

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

Dermatology Physicians By Gender
100

75.1%

80

65.8%

60

34.2%

40

24.9%

20

0 Male

Female

1996 2006

Dermatology Physicians By Race
100 94.1%
74.9% 80

60

40
20
0 White

16.0%

4.3%

1.6% 6.1%

0% 3.0%

Black

Asian

1996 2006

Other

Since 1996, there has been a 9.3% increase in the number of female dermatology physicians practicing in Georgia. Additionally, the percentage of black physicians has increased by 11.7%, while the percentage of white dermatology physicians has decreased by 19.2% since 1996.

Percentage of Dermatology Physicians and Total Physicians Age 55 and Older
1996 and 2006

40

30

25.2% 23.5%

32.2% 26.3%

The percentage of dermatology
physicians age 55 and older increased by 7% between 1996 and 2006.

20

10

0 1996

2006

Dermatology Total Physicians

Similarly, the percentage of total
practicing physicians age 55 and older increased by 2.8% during the same time.

TRENDS IN THE NUMBER AND RATE OF DERMATOLOGY PHYSICIANS

Overall, the NUMBER of dermatology 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 remained somewhat constant in the RATE of dermatology physicians. In 1996, Georgia had a rate of 2.9 dermatology physicians compared to 3.0 in 2006.

Total Number

300

275 275

250 215 225 244 247

200

Rate per 100,000 Population 4

2.9 3

2.9

2.9

2.8

3.1

3.0

150

2

100
1 50

0 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006

0 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006