Trends in pulmonary disease physicians 1996-2006

TRENDS IN PULMONARY DISEASE PHYSICIANS 1996-2006 SPECIALTY FACT SHEET SERIES WINTER 2010 (No. 11 of 12)
GEORGIA BOARD FOR PHYSICIAN WORKFORCE

SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION OF PULMONARY DISEASE PHYSICIANS

Pulmonary Disease Physician Distribution 2006



Secondary Care Service Areas* (SCSA)

Dade Catoosa

Murray

Fannin

Towns Rabun

Union

Whitfield Walker

Gilmer

White Habersham

Chattooga Gordon
Region 1

0.9

Floyd

Bartow

Pickens

Lumpkin
Region

2

Stephens

1.5 Dawson

Banks Franklin

Hart

Cherokee Forsyth Hall

Jackson Madison Elbert

Below State Rate Above State Rate
GA Rate = 2.9 US Rate = 3.4

Polk Paulding
Haralson

CRobeb gionGw3innett 3D.e8kalb

Barrow Clarke Oglethorpe

Walton Oconee
Region 5

Wilkes

* Physicians per 100,000 population
Lincoln

Carroll

Douglas

Rockdale

Fulton Clayton

Newton

1.5 Morgan Greene Taliaferro

Columbia

McDuffie

Region 7 Coweta
Heard

Henry Fayette
Butts Spalding

Jasper

Warren Putnam
Hancock Glascock

Richmond

Reg2io.0n 4 Region 6 6.6 Troup Meriwether Pike Lamar Monroe

Baldwin Jones

Jefferson Washington

Burke



Harris

Upson

3.0 Bibb
Crawford

Wilkinson

Talbot

Twiggs

Johnson Emanuel

Jenkins

Screven

Taylor

Peach

Muscogee

Bulloch

Region 8 Marion

Houston Bleckley Laurens

Treutlen

Candler

Region 9 Region 12 Chattahoochee

Macon

1.1 Schley

0.7 3.5 Stewart Webster

Sumter

Pulaski Dodge Dooly
Wilcox

Montgomery

Evans

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

2.5 Mitchell

Miller

Colquitt

Berrien Cook

1.3
Atkinson

Pierce

Ware

Brantley

Glynn

Lanier Clinch

Camden

.


Seminole Decatur

Grady Thomas Brooks Lowndes

Charlton

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 pulmonary disease physicians becoming board certified between 1996 and 2006. o 1996: 78.1% of pulmonary disease
physicians were board certified compared to 73.4% of total physicians. o 2006: 86.6% of pulmonary disease physicians were board certified compared to 83.2% of total physicians.
Eight of the twelve SCSAs are below the state rate and nine are below the U.S. rate for pulmonary disease physicians.
Regions one and nine have the lowest rate of pulmonary disease physicians.
The number of pulmonary disease physicians has increased by 82.2% between 1996 and 2006.
Of all the pulmonary disease physicians: o 1996: 5.5% were residents o 2006: 2.3% were residents
Of all the residents: o 1996: 1.0% were in pulmonary disease o 2006: 1.7% were in pulmonary disease

MSA VERSUS NON-MSA DISTRIBUTION OF PULMONARY DISEASE PHYSICIANS
Pulmonary disease physicians have always been concentrated in Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs). However, there has been a decline of pulmonary disease physicians practicing in Non-Metropolitan Statistical Areas (Non-MSA's). From 2004 to 2006, there was a 16.8% decrease in the percentage of pulmonary disease physicians practicing in Non-MSA designated areas.
PULMONARY DISEASE PHYSICIANS BY YEAR: GEORGIA MSA/NON-MSA

DESIGNATION MSA
NON-MSA

2004 77.6% 22.4%

2006 94.4% 5.6%

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

Pulmonary Disease Physicians

By Gender

100

93.8%

83.1%

80

Pulmonary Disease Physicians By Race
100 94.7%

80

71.8%

60

60

40

16.9%

20

6.2%

0 Male

Female

1996 2006

40
20
0 White

11.2%

8.5%

8.5%

1.5%

3.0%

0.8%

Black

Asian

1996 2006

Other

Since 1996, there has been a 10.7% increase in the number of female pulmonary disease physicians practicing in Georgia. Additionally, the percentage of black physicians has increased by 9.7%, while the percentage of white pulmonary disease physicians has decreased by 22.9% since 1996.

Percentage of Pulmonary Disease Physicians

and Total Physicians Age 55 and Older

1996 and 2006

30

23.0% 23.5%

26.3% 21.6%

20

The percentage of pulmonary disease
physicians age 55 and older decreased by 1.4% between 1996 and 2006.

10

0 1996

2006

Pulmonary Disease Total Physicians

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

TRENDS IN THE NUMBER AND RATE OF PULMONARY DISEASE PHYSICIANS

Overall, the NUMBER of pulmonary disease physicians practicing in Georgia has increased from 1996 to 2006. From 1996 to 2006, the total number increased by 120. The RATE for pulmonary disease physicians has increased since 2002. The rate decreased from 1996-2002 and then increased slightly in 2004. Between 2004 and 2006, the rate increased from 1.8 to 2.9.

Total Number

300

266

250

200 146 147 157
150

165 143

100

50

Rate per 100,000 Population 4

3

2.9

2.0

2

1.9 1.9 1.6 1.8

1

0 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006

0 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006