36 Georgia Physician Workforce: County Reports - 2008 Columbia County Physician Standard Report Page 1 Physician Specialty Allergy & Immunology National Physician Standards* AMA Two Mature HMO Adjusted FTE GMENAC Kaiser Portland 7 Kaiser Plans GHC Seattle Three HMOs Goodman Hicks & Glenn Solucient Average Requirement Standard Phys/100,000 Pop. 1.4 1.5 1.4 0.8 1.7 1.2 1.1 1.3 1.7 1.3 2008 Actual Population Physicians /100k 108,859 3 2.8 Physician Need 2 Status Surplus: 1 2 Surplus: 1 2 Surplus: 1 1 Surplus: 2 2 Surplus: 1 1 Surplus: 2 1 Surplus: 2 1 Surplus: 2 2 Surplus: 1 1 Surplus: 2 2015 Projected Population 134,593 Physician Need 2 2 2 1 2 2 1 2 2 2 Physician Specialty Anesthesiology National Physician Standards* AMA Two Mature HMO Adjusted FTE GMENAC Kaiser Portland 7 Kaiser Plans GHC Seattle Three HMOs Goodman Hicks & Glenn Solucient Average Requirement Standard Phys/100,000 Pop. 14.0 9.7 9.1 8.9 5.9 3.9 9.0 7.0 7.6 2008 Actual Population Physicians /100k 108,859 9 8.3 Physician Need 15 Status Deficit: -6 11 Deficit: -2 10 Deficit: -1 10 Deficit: -1 6 Surplus: 3 4 Surplus: 5 10 Deficit: -1 8 Surplus: 1 8 Surplus: 1 2015 Projected Population 134,593 Physician Need 19 13 12 12 5 5 12 9 10 36 Georgia Physician Workforce: County Reports - 2008 Columbia County Physician Standard Report Page 2 Physician Specialty Cardiovascular Diseases National Physician Standards* AMA Two Mature HMO Adjusted FTE GMENAC Kaiser Portland 7 Kaiser Plans GHC Seattle Three HMOs Goodman Hicks & Glenn Solucient Average Requirement Standard Phys/100,000 Pop. 7.5 5.4 5.0 3.1 3.0 1.8 2.9 3.6 2.6 4.2 3.5 2008 Actual Population Physicians /100k 108,859 2 1.8 Physician Need 8 Status Deficit: -6 6 Deficit: -4 5 Deficit: -3 3 Deficit: -1 3 Deficit: -1 2 Adequate 0 3 Deficit: -1 4 Deficit: -2 3 Deficit: -1 5 Deficit: -3 4 Deficit: -2 2015 Projected Population 134,593 Physician Need 10 7 7 4 2 2 4 5 3 6 5 Physician Specialty Dermatology National Physician Standards* AMA Two Mature HMO Adjusted FTE GMENAC Kaiser Portland 7 Kaiser Plans GHC Seattle Three HMOs Goodman Hicks & Glenn Solucient Average Requirement Standard Phys/100,000 Pop. 3.7 2.8 2.6 2.8 2.5 2.4 2.6 1.6 1.4 2.1 3.1 2.4 2008 Actual Population Physicians /100k 108,859 3 2.8 Physician Need 4 Status Deficit: -1 3 Adequate 0 3 Adequate 0 3 Adequate 0 3 Adequate 0 3 Adequate 0 3 Adequate 0 2 Surplus: 1 2 Surplus: 1 2 Surplus: 1 3 Adequate 0 3 Adequate 0 2015 Projected Population 134,593 Physician Need 5 4 3 4 3 3 3 2 2 3 4 3 36 Georgia Physician Workforce: County Reports - 2008 Columbia County Physician Standard Report Page 3 Physician Specialty Emergency Medicine National Physician Standards* AMA Two Mature HMO Adjusted FTE GMENAC Kaiser Portland 7 Kaiser Plans GHC Seattle Three HMOs Goodman Hicks & Glenn Solucient Average Requirement Standard Phys/100,000 Pop. 10.5 5.5 5.2 5.4 6.7 5.3 2.7 12.4 6.2 2008 Actual Population Physicians /100k 108,859 6 5.5 Physician Need 11 Status Deficit: -5 6 Adequate 0 6 Adequate 0 6 Adequate 0 7 Deficit: -1 6 Adequate 0 3 Surplus: 3 13 Deficit: -7 7 Deficit: -1 2015 Projected Population 134,593 Physician Need 14 7 7 7 7 7 4 17 8 Physician Specialty Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism National Physician Standards* Standard Phys/100,000 Pop. AMA 1.8 Two Mature HMO 1.1 Adjusted FTE 1.0 GMENAC 0.8 Kaiser Portland 0.9 7 Kaiser Plans 1.1 GHC Seattle Three HMOs 0.6 Goodman Hicks & Glenn Solucient Average Requirement 0.9 2008 Actual Population Physicians /100k 108,859 2 1.8 Physician Need 2 Status Adequate 0 1 Surplus: 1 1 Surplus: 1 1 Surplus: 1 1 Surplus: 1 1 Surplus: 1 1 Surplus: 1 1 Surplus: 1 2015 Projected Population 134,593 Physician Need 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 36 Georgia Physician Workforce: County Reports - 2008 Columbia County Physician Standard Report Page 4 Physician Specialty Family Practice National Physician Standards* AMA Two Mature HMO Adjusted FTE GMENAC Kaiser Portland 7 Kaiser Plans GHC Seattle Three HMOs Goodman Hicks & Glenn Solucient Average Requirement Standard Phys/100,000 Pop. 31.5 45.6 42.6 25.2 16.7 11.0 9.2 16.2 22.5 23.6 2008 Actual Population Physicians /100k 108,859 28 25.7 Physician Need 34 Status Deficit: -6 50 Deficit: -22 46 Deficit: -18 27 Surplus: 1 18 Surplus: 10 12 Surplus: 16 10 Surplus: 18 18 Surplus: 10 25 Surplus: 3 26 Surplus: 2 2015 Projected Population 134,593 Physician Need 42 61 57 34 15 15 12 22 30 32 Physician Specialty Gastroenterology National Physician Standards* AMA Two Mature HMO Adjusted FTE GMENAC Kaiser Portland 7 Kaiser Plans GHC Seattle Three HMOs Goodman Hicks & Glenn Solucient Average Requirement Standard Phys/100,000 Pop. 4.2 3.1 3.2 1.7 1.7 1.3 3.5 2.4 2008 Actual Population Physicians /100k 108,859 5 4.6 Physician Need 5 Status Adequate 0 3 Surplus: 2 3 Surplus: 2 2 Surplus: 3 2 Surplus: 3 1 Surplus: 4 4 Surplus: 1 3 Surplus: 2 2015 Projected Population 134,593 Physician Need 6 4 4 2 2 2 5 3 36 Georgia Physician Workforce: County Reports - 2008 Columbia County Physician Standard Report Page 5 Physician Specialty Hematology/Oncology National Physician Standards* AMA Two Mature HMO Adjusted FTE GMENAC Kaiser Portland 7 Kaiser Plans GHC Seattle Three HMOs Goodman Hicks & Glenn Solucient Average Requirement Standard Phys/100,000 Pop. 3.5 2.5 2.4 3.6 2.3 1.8 1.6 2.6 1.2 1.1 2.1 2008 Actual Population Physicians /100k 108,859 1 0.9 Physician Need 4 Status Deficit: -3 3 Deficit: -2 3 Deficit: -2 4 Deficit: -3 3 Deficit: -2 2 Deficit: -1 2 Deficit: -1 3 Deficit: -2 1 Adequate 0 1 Adequate 0 2 Deficit: -1 2015 Projected Population 134,593 Physician Need 5 3 3 5 2 2 2 3 2 1 3 Physician Specialty Internal Medicine National Physician Standards* AMA Two Mature HMO Adjusted FTE GMENAC Kaiser Portland 7 Kaiser Plans GHC Seattle Three HMOs Goodman Hicks & Glenn Solucient Average Requirement Standard Phys/100,000 Pop. 53.1 21.4 20.0 28.8 28.1 30.3 16.7 11.3 19.0 22.0 2008 Actual Population Physicians /100k 108,859 20 18.4 Physician Need 58 Status Deficit: -38 23 Deficit: -3 22 Deficit: -2 31 Deficit: -11 31 Deficit: -11 33 Deficit: -13 18 Surplus: 2 12 Surplus: 8 21 Deficit: -1 24 Deficit: -4 2015 Projected Population 134,593 Physician Need 71 29 27 39 41 41 22 15 26 30 36 Georgia Physician Workforce: County Reports - 2008 Columbia County Physician Standard Report Page 6 Physician Specialty Nephrology National Physician Standards* AMA Two Mature HMO Adjusted FTE GMENAC Kaiser Portland 7 Kaiser Plans GHC Seattle Three HMOs Goodman Hicks & Glenn Solucient Average Requirement Standard Phys/100,000 Pop. 2.6 1.4 1.3 1.1 0.8 0.7 0.9 0.7 1.0 2008 Actual Population Physicians /100k 108,859 1 0.9 Physician Need 3 Status Deficit: -2 2 Deficit: -1 1 Adequate 0 1 Adequate 0 1 Adequate 0 1 Adequate 0 1 Adequate 0 1 Adequate 0 1 Adequate 0 2015 Projected Population 134,593 Physician Need 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 Physician Specialty Neurology National Physician Standards* AMA Two Mature HMO Adjusted FTE GMENAC Kaiser Portland 7 Kaiser Plans GHC Seattle Three HMOs Goodman Hicks & Glenn Solucient Average Requirement Standard Phys/100,000 Pop. 5.0 2.4 2.3 3.3 1.3 1.7 1.2 2.1 1.4 1.8 1.9 2008 Actual Population Physicians /100k 108,859 1 0.9 Physician Need 5 Status Deficit: -4 3 Deficit: -2 3 Deficit: -2 4 Deficit: -3 1 Adequate 0 2 Deficit: -1 1 Adequate 0 2 Deficit: -1 2 Deficit: -1 2 Deficit: -1 2 Deficit: -1 2015 Projected Population 134,593 Physician Need 7 3 3 4 2 2 2 3 2 2 3 36 Georgia Physician Workforce: County Reports - 2008 Columbia County Physician Standard Report Page 7 Physician Specialty OB/GYN National Physician Standards* AMA Two Mature HMO Adjusted FTE GMENAC Kaiser Portland 7 Kaiser Plans GHC Seattle Three HMOs Goodman Hicks & Glenn Solucient Average Requirement Standard Phys/100,000 Pop. 14.1 12.1 11.3 9.9 11.6 11.5 10.0 8.8 8.4 8.0 10.2 10.2 2008 Actual Population Physicians /100k 108,859 5 4.6 Physician Need 15 Status Deficit: -10 13 Deficit: -8 12 Deficit: -7 11 Deficit: -6 13 Deficit: -8 13 Deficit: -8 11 Deficit: -6 10 Deficit: -5 9 Deficit: -4 9 Deficit: -4 11 Deficit: -6 11 Deficit: -6 2015 Projected Population 134,593 Physician Need 19 16 15 13 15 15 13 12 11 11 14 14 Physician Specialty Opthalmology National Physician Standards* AMA Two Mature HMO Adjusted FTE GMENAC Kaiser Portland 7 Kaiser Plans GHC Seattle Three HMOs Goodman Hicks & Glenn Solucient Average Requirement Standard Phys/100,000 Pop. 6.0 5.9 5.5 4.6 2.4 3.1 5.0 3.5 3.2 4.7 4.2 2008 Actual Population Physicians /100k 108,859 1 0.9 Physician Need 7 Status Deficit: -6 6 Deficit: -5 6 Deficit: -5 5 Deficit: -4 3 Deficit: -2 3 Deficit: -2 5 Deficit: -4 4 Deficit: -3 3 Deficit: -2 5 Deficit: -4 5 Deficit: -4 2015 Projected Population 134,593 Physician Need 8 8 7 6 4 4 7 5 4 6 6 36 Georgia Physician Workforce: County Reports - 2008 Columbia County Physician Standard Report Page 8 Physician Specialty Orthopedic Surgery National Physician Standards* AMA Two Mature HMO Adjusted FTE GMENAC Kaiser Portland 7 Kaiser Plans GHC Seattle Three HMOs Goodman Hicks & Glenn Solucient Average Requirement Standard Phys/100,000 Pop. 8.3 6.8 6.4 6.0 5.9 4.2 6.7 3.0 5.9 4.2 6.1 5.5 2008 Actual Population Physicians /100k 108,859 4 3.7 Physician Need 9 Status Deficit: -5 7 Deficit: -3 7 Deficit: -3 7 Deficit: -3 6 Deficit: -2 5 Deficit: -1 7 Deficit: -3 3 Surplus: 1 6 Deficit: -2 5 Deficit: -1 7 Deficit: -3 6 Deficit: -2 2015 Projected Population 134,593 Physician Need 11 9 9 8 6 6 9 4 8 6 8 7 Physician Specialty Otolaryngology National Physician Standards* AMA Two Mature HMO Adjusted FTE GMENAC Kaiser Portland 7 Kaiser Plans GHC Seattle Three HMOs Goodman Hicks & Glenn Solucient Average Requirement Standard Phys/100,000 Pop. 3.4 3.2 3.2 3.4 2.4 3.0 3.0 2008 Actual Population Physicians /100k 108,859 9 8.3 Physician Need 4 Status Surplus: 5 3 Surplus: 6 3 Surplus: 6 4 Surplus: 5 3 Surplus: 6 3 Surplus: 6 3 Surplus: 6 2015 Projected Population 134,593 Physician Need 5 4 4 3 3 4 4 36 Georgia Physician Workforce: County Reports - 2008 Columbia County Physician Standard Report Page 9 Physician Specialty Pediatrics National Physician Standards* AMA Two Mature HMO Adjusted FTE GMENAC Kaiser Portland 7 Kaiser Plans GHC Seattle Three HMOs Goodman Hicks & Glenn Solucient Average Requirement Standard Phys/100,000 Pop. 24.9 16.6 15.5 12.4 11.9 16.0 9.8 7.6 13.9 13.0 2008 Actual Population Physicians /100k 108,859 10 9.2 Physician Need 27 Status Deficit: -17 18 Deficit: -8 17 Deficit: -7 13 Deficit: -3 13 Deficit: -3 17 Deficit: -7 11 Deficit: -1 8 Surplus: 2 15 Deficit: -5 14 Deficit: -4 2015 Projected Population 134,593 Physician Need 34 22 21 17 22 22 13 10 19 17 Physician Specialty Plastic Surgery National Physician Standards* AMA Two Mature HMO Adjusted FTE GMENAC Kaiser Portland 7 Kaiser Plans GHC Seattle Three HMOs Goodman Hicks & Glenn Solucient Average Requirement Standard Phys/100,000 Pop. 2.4 1.1 0.3 0.4 1.1 2.3 2.2 1.2 2008 Actual Population Physicians /100k 108,859 2 1.8 Physician Need 3 Status Deficit: -1 1 Surplus: 1 0 Surplus: 2 0 Surplus: 2 1 Surplus: 1 3 Deficit: -1 2 Adequate 0 1 Surplus: 1 2015 Projected Population 134,593 Physician Need 3 1 1 1 3 3 2 36 Georgia Physician Workforce: County Reports - 2008 Columbia County Physician Standard Report Page 10 Physician Specialty Psychiatry National Physician Standards* AMA Two Mature HMO Adjusted FTE GMENAC Kaiser Portland 7 Kaiser Plans GHC Seattle Three HMOs Goodman Hicks & Glenn Solucient Average Requirement Standard Phys/100,000 Pop. 13.6 7.7 7.2 15.4 5.2 4.1 7.2 3.9 5.7 7.1 2008 Actual Population Physicians /100k 108,859 11 10.1 Physician Need 15 Status Deficit: -4 8 Surplus: 3 8 Surplus: 3 17 Deficit: -6 6 Surplus: 5 4 Surplus: 7 8 Surplus: 3 4 Surplus: 7 6 Surplus: 5 8 Surplus: 3 2015 Projected Population 134,593 Physician Need 18 10 10 21 6 6 10 5 8 10 Physician Specialty Pulmonary Diseases National Physician Standards* AMA Two Mature HMO Adjusted FTE GMENAC Kaiser Portland 7 Kaiser Plans GHC Seattle Three HMOs Goodman Hicks & Glenn Solucient Average Requirement Standard Phys/100,000 Pop. 3.5 2.0 1.9 1.4 1.4 1.0 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.5 2008 Actual Population Physicians /100k 108,859 1 0.9 Physician Need 4 Status Deficit: -3 2 Deficit: -1 2 Deficit: -1 2 Deficit: -1 2 Deficit: -1 1 Adequate 0 2 Deficit: -1 2 Deficit: -1 1 Adequate 0 2 Deficit: -1 2015 Projected Population 134,593 Physician Need 5 3 3 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 36 Georgia Physician Workforce: County Reports - 2008 Columbia County Physician Standard Report Page 11 Physician Specialty Radiology National Physician Standards* AMA Two Mature HMO Adjusted FTE GMENAC Kaiser Portland 7 Kaiser Plans GHC Seattle Three HMOs Goodman Hicks & Glenn Solucient Average Requirement Standard Phys/100,000 Pop. 11.4 13.6 13.7 7.7 8.5 4.7 7.7 8.0 9.1 2008 Actual Population Physicians /100k 108,859 4 3.7 Physician Need 12 Status Deficit: -8 15 Deficit: -11 15 Deficit: -11 8 Deficit: -4 9 Deficit: -5 5 Deficit: -1 8 Deficit: -4 9 Deficit: -5 10 Deficit: -6 2015 Projected Population 134,593 Physician Need 15 18 18 10 6 6 10 11 12 Physician Specialty General Surgery National Physician Standards* AMA Two Mature HMO Adjusted FTE GMENAC Kaiser Portland 7 Kaiser Plans GHC Seattle Three HMOs Goodman Hicks & Glenn Solucient Average Requirement Standard Phys/100,000 Pop. 12.5 9.4 8.8 9.7 7.0 6.2 5.9 4.2 9.7 4.1 6.0 7.1 2008 Actual Population Physicians /100k 108,859 1 0.9 Physician Need 14 Status Deficit: -13 10 Deficit: -9 10 Deficit: -9 11 Deficit: -10 8 Deficit: -7 7 Deficit: -6 6 Deficit: -5 5 Deficit: -4 11 Deficit: -10 4 Deficit: -3 7 Deficit: -6 8 Deficit: -7 2015 Projected Population 134,593 Physician Need 17 13 12 13 8 8 8 6 13 6 8 10 36 Georgia Physician Workforce: County Reports - 2008 Columbia County Physician Standard Report Page 12 Physician Specialty Urology National Physician Standards* AMA Two Mature HMO Adjusted FTE GMENAC Kaiser Portland 7 Kaiser Plans GHC Seattle Three HMOs Goodman Hicks & Glenn Solucient Average Requirement Standard Phys/100,000 Pop. 3.5 3.5 3.3 3.1 3.3 2.3 2.9 2.6 1.9 2.9 2.9 2008 Actual Population Physicians /100k 108,859 2 1.8 Physician Need 4 Status Deficit: -2 4 Deficit: -2 4 Deficit: -2 3 Deficit: -1 4 Deficit: -2 3 Deficit: -1 3 Deficit: -1 3 Deficit: -1 2 Adequate 0 3 Deficit: -1 3 Deficit: -1 2015 Projected Population 134,593 Physician Need 5 5 4 4 3 3 4 3 3 4 4 Report created by Georgia Board for Physician Workforce, State of Georgia *Standards are presented as rates per 100,000 population (1) McClendon, B., R.Polizer, E. 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New England Journal of Medicine 314:217-222. (8) Kronick, R., D.C. Goodman, J. Wennberg, and E.Wagner. 1993. The Marketplace in Health Care Reform: The Demographic Limitations of Managed Competition. New England Journal of Medicine 328:1480152. See also, related NAPS Document 04998. (9) Vansdow, N.A. The Physician Workforce: Issues for Academic Medical Centers. Forum on the Future of Academic Medicine. December 2, 1996. (10) Forte, G.J., Dionne, M., Beaulieu, M., and Salsberg, E. Profile of New York State Physicians. Rensselaer, NY: Center for Health Workforce Studies, School of Public Health, SUNY Albany. April 2001. (11) A Review of Physician-to-Population Ratios. Merritt Hawkins & Associates. GMENAC, Goodman (Dec. 11, 1996 JAMA), Hicks & Glenn (1989 Journal of Health Care Management), Solucient (2003). (12) American Medical Association. Physician Characteristics and Distribution in the US, 2010 Edition; 2010.