Georgia Physician Workforce: AHEC Reports - 2008

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Foothills AHEC Physician Standard Report
Included Counties: Banks, Barrow, Clarke, Columbia, Elbert, Franklin, Glascock, Greene, Gwinnett, Habersham, Hall, Hart, Jackson, Lincoln, Lumpkin, McDuffie, Madison, Morgan, Oconee, Oglethorpe, Putnam, Rabun, Richmond, Stephens, Taliaferro, Towns, Union, Walton, Warren, White, Wilkes

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

Population 1,895,861 Physician Need 27 28 27 15 32 23 21

2008 Actual
Physicians 25
Status Deficit: Deficit: Deficit:
Surplus: Deficit:
Surplus: Surplus:

/100k 1.3
-2 -3 -2 10 -7 2 4

1.3

25

Adequate 0

1.7

33

Deficit: -8

1.3

25

Adequate 0

2015 Projected
Population 2,077,897 Physician Need
29 31 29 17 35 25 23
27
36 27

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

Population 1,895,861 Physician Need 265 184 173 169 112 74 171

2008 Actual
Physicians 183

/100k 9.7

Status Deficit: -82 Deficit: -1
Surplus: 10 Surplus: 14 Surplus: 71 Surplus: 109 Surplus: 12

7.0

133

Surplus: 50

7.6

144

Surplus: 39

2015 Projected
Population 2,077,897 Physician Need
291 202 189 185 123
81 187
145
158

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Foothills AHEC Physician Standard Report
Included Counties: Banks, Barrow, Clarke, Columbia, Elbert, Franklin, Glascock, Greene, Gwinnett, Habersham, Hall, Hart, Jackson, Lincoln, Lumpkin, McDuffie, Madison, Morgan, Oconee, Oglethorpe, Putnam, Rabun, Richmond, Stephens, Taliaferro, Towns, Union, Walton, Warren, White, Wilkes

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

Population 1,895,861 Physician Need 142 102 95 59 57 34 55

2008 Actual
Physicians 132
Status Deficit:
Surplus: Surplus: Surplus: Surplus: Surplus: Surplus:

/100k 7.0
-10 30 37 73 75 98 77

3.6

68

2.6

49

4.2

80

3.5

66

Surplus: 64 Surplus: 83 Surplus: 52 Surplus: 66

2015 Projected
Population 2,077,897 Physician Need
156 112 104
64 62 37 60
75 54 88 73

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

Population 1,895,861 Physician Need 70 53 49 53 47 46 49 30 27 40 59 46

2008 Actual
Physicians 58
Status Deficit:
Surplus: Surplus: Surplus: Surplus: Surplus: Surplus: Surplus: Surplus: Surplus:
Deficit: Surplus:

/100k 3.1
-12 5 9 5 11 12 9 28 31 18 -1 12

2015 Projected
Population 2,077,897 Physician Need
77 58 54 58 52 50 54 33 29 44 65 50

Georgia Physician Workforce: AHEC Reports - 2008

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Foothills AHEC Physician Standard Report
Included Counties: Banks, Barrow, Clarke, Columbia, Elbert, Franklin, Glascock, Greene, Gwinnett, Habersham, Hall, Hart, Jackson, Lincoln, Lumpkin, McDuffie, Madison, Morgan, Oconee, Oglethorpe, Putnam, Rabun, Richmond, Stephens, Taliaferro, Towns, Union, Walton, Warren, White, Wilkes

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

Population 1,895,861 Physician Need 199 104 99 102 127 100

2008 Actual
Physicians 207

/100k 10.9

Status Surplus: 8 Surplus: 103 Surplus: 108 Surplus: 105 Surplus: 80 Surplus: 107

2.7

51

12.4

235

6.2

118

Surplus: 156
Deficit: -28 Surplus: 89

2015 Projected
Population 2,077,897 Physician Need
218 114 108 112 139 110
56
258 129

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

Population 1,895,861 Physician Need 34 21 19 15 17 21

2008 Actual
Physicians 25
Status Deficit:
Surplus: Surplus: Surplus: Surplus: Surplus:

11

Surplus:

17

Surplus:

/100k 1.3
-9 4 6 10 8 4
14
8

2015 Projected
Population 2,077,897 Physician Need
37 23 21 17 19 23
12
19

Georgia Physician Workforce: AHEC Reports - 2008

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Foothills AHEC Physician Standard Report
Included Counties: Banks, Barrow, Clarke, Columbia, Elbert, Franklin, Glascock, Greene, Gwinnett, Habersham, Hall, Hart, Jackson, Lincoln, Lumpkin, McDuffie, Madison, Morgan, Oconee, Oglethorpe, Putnam, Rabun, Richmond, Stephens, Taliaferro, Towns, Union, Walton, Warren, White, Wilkes

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

Population 1,895,861 Physician Need 597 865 808 478 317 209

2008 Actual
Physicians 523

/100k 27.6

Status Deficit: -74 Deficit: -342 Deficit: -285
Surplus: 45 Surplus: 206 Surplus: 314

9.2

174

Surplus: 349

16.2

307

22.5

427

23.6

447

Surplus: 216 Surplus: 96 Surplus: 76

2015 Projected
Population 2,077,897 Physician Need
655 948 885 524 347 229
191
337 468 490

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

Population 1,895,861
Physician Need 80 59

2008 Actual
Physicians 57
Status Deficit: Deficit:

/100k 3.0
-23 -2

3.2

61

1.7

32

1.7

32

Deficit: -4 Surplus: 25 Surplus: 25

1.3

25

3.5

66

2.4

46

Surplus: 32
Deficit: -9 Surplus: 11

2015 Projected
Population 2,077,897 Physician Need
87 64
66 35 35
27
73 50

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Foothills AHEC Physician Standard Report
Included Counties: Banks, Barrow, Clarke, Columbia, Elbert, Franklin, Glascock, Greene, Gwinnett, Habersham, Hall, Hart, Jackson, Lincoln, Lumpkin, McDuffie, Madison, Morgan, Oconee, Oglethorpe, Putnam, Rabun, Richmond, Stephens, Taliaferro, Towns, Union, Walton, Warren, White, Wilkes

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

Population 1,895,861 Physician Need 66 47 46 68 44 34 30 49 23

2008 Actual
Physicians 7
Status Deficit: Deficit: Deficit: Deficit: Deficit: Deficit: Deficit: Deficit: Deficit:

/100k 0.4
-59 -40 -39 -61 -37 -27 -23 -42 -16

1.1

20

2.1

40

Deficit: -13 Deficit: -33

2015 Projected
Population 2,077,897 Physician Need
73 52 50 75 48 37 33 54 25
22 44

Physician Specialty Infectious Disease
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.
2.2 0.7 0.6 0.9 1.2 0.7 0.6

Population 1,895,861 Physician Need 42 13 11 17 23 13 11

2008 Actual
Physicians 21
Status Deficit:
Surplus: Surplus: Surplus:
Deficit: Surplus: Surplus:

/100k 1.1
-21 8 10 4 -2 8 10

0.8

15

Surplus: 6

2015 Projected
Population 2,077,897 Physician Need
46 15 12 19 25 15 12
17

Georgia Physician Workforce: AHEC Reports - 2008

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Foothills AHEC Physician Standard Report
Included Counties: Banks, Barrow, Clarke, Columbia, Elbert, Franklin, Glascock, Greene, Gwinnett, Habersham, Hall, Hart, Jackson, Lincoln, Lumpkin, McDuffie, Madison, Morgan, Oconee, Oglethorpe, Putnam, Rabun, Richmond, Stephens, Taliaferro, Towns, Union, Walton, Warren, White, Wilkes

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

Population 1,895,861 Physician Need 1,007 406 379 546 533 574

2008 Actual
Physicians 465

/100k 24.5

Status Deficit: -542
Surplus: 59 Surplus: 86
Deficit: -81 Deficit: -68 Deficit: -109

16.7

317

Surplus: 148

11.3

214

19.0

360

22.0

417

Surplus: 251 Surplus: 105 Surplus: 48

2015 Projected
Population 2,077,897 Physician Need 1,103
445 416 598 584 630
347
235 395 457

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

Population 1,895,861 Physician Need 49 27 25 21 15 13 17

2008 Actual
Physicians 57
Status Surplus: Surplus: Surplus: Surplus: Surplus: Surplus: Surplus:

/100k 3.0
8 30 32 36 42 44 40

0.7

14

1.0

19

Surplus: 43 Surplus: 38

2015 Projected
Population 2,077,897 Physician Need
54 29 27 23 17 15 19
15 21

Georgia Physician Workforce: AHEC Reports - 2008

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Foothills AHEC Physician Standard Report
Included Counties: Banks, Barrow, Clarke, Columbia, Elbert, Franklin, Glascock, Greene, Gwinnett, Habersham, Hall, Hart, Jackson, Lincoln, Lumpkin, McDuffie, Madison, Morgan, Oconee, Oglethorpe, Putnam, Rabun, Richmond, Stephens, Taliaferro, Towns, Union, Walton, Warren, White, Wilkes

Physician Specialty Neurological 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.
1.9 1.1 1.0 1.1 1.4

Population 1,895,861
Physician Need 36 21 19 21 27

2008 Actual
Physicians 33
Status Deficit:
Surplus: Surplus: Surplus: Surplus:

/100k 1.7
-3 12 14 12 6

0.4

8

Surplus: 25

0.7

13

Surplus: 20

1.0

19

Surplus: 14

2015 Projected
Population 2,077,897 Physician Need
39 23 21 23 29
8
15
21

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

Population 1,895,861 Physician Need 95 46 44 63 25 32 23

2008 Actual
Physicians 69
Status Deficit:
Surplus: Surplus: Surplus: Surplus: Surplus: Surplus:

/100k 3.6
-26 23 25 6 44 37 46

2.1

40

1.4

27

1.8

34

1.9

36

Surplus: 29 Surplus: 42 Surplus: 35 Surplus: 33

2015 Projected
Population 2,077,897 Physician Need
104 50 48 69 27 35 25
44 29 37 39

Georgia Physician Workforce: AHEC Reports - 2008

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Foothills AHEC Physician Standard Report
Included Counties: Banks, Barrow, Clarke, Columbia, Elbert, Franklin, Glascock, Greene, Gwinnett, Habersham, Hall, Hart, Jackson, Lincoln, Lumpkin, McDuffie, Madison, Morgan, Oconee, Oglethorpe, Putnam, Rabun, Richmond, Stephens, Taliaferro, Towns, Union, Walton, Warren, White, Wilkes

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

Population 1,895,861 Physician Need 267 229 214 188 220 218 190 167 159 152 193 193

2008 Actual
Physicians 196
Status Deficit: Deficit: Deficit:
Surplus: Deficit: Deficit:
Surplus: Surplus: Surplus: Surplus: Surplus: Surplus:

/100k 10.3
-71 -33 -18
8 -24 -22
6 29 37 44 3 3

2015 Projected
Population 2,077,897 Physician Need
293 251 235 206 241 239 208 183 175 166 211 212

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

Population 1,895,861 Physician Need 114 112 104 87 46 59 95

2008 Actual
Physicians 68
Status Deficit: Deficit: Deficit: Deficit:
Surplus: Surplus:
Deficit:

/100k 3.6
-46 -44 -36 -19 22
9 -27

3.5

66

3.2

61

4.7

89

4.2

80

Surplus: 2 Surplus: 7
Deficit: -21 Deficit: -12

2015 Projected
Population 2,077,897 Physician Need
125 123 114
96 50 64 104
73 66 98 87

Georgia Physician Workforce: AHEC Reports - 2008

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Foothills AHEC Physician Standard Report
Included Counties: Banks, Barrow, Clarke, Columbia, Elbert, Franklin, Glascock, Greene, Gwinnett, Habersham, Hall, Hart, Jackson, Lincoln, Lumpkin, McDuffie, Madison, Morgan, Oconee, Oglethorpe, Putnam, Rabun, Richmond, Stephens, Taliaferro, Towns, Union, Walton, Warren, White, Wilkes

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

Population 1,895,861 Physician Need 157 129 121 114 112 80 127 57 112 80 116 104

2008 Actual
Physicians 123
Status Deficit: Deficit:
Surplus: Surplus: Surplus: Surplus:
Deficit: Surplus: Surplus: Surplus: Surplus: Surplus:

/100k 6.5
-34 -6 2 9 11 43 -4 66 11 43 7 19

2015 Projected
Population 2,077,897 Physician Need
172 141 133 125 123
87 139
62 123
87 127 114

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

Population 1,895,861
Physician Need 64 61

2008 Actual
Physicians 52
Status Deficit: Deficit:

/100k 2.7
-12 -9

3.2

61

3.4

64

2.4

46

3.0

57

Deficit: -9 Deficit: -12 Surplus: 6 Deficit: -5

3.0

57

Deficit: -5

2015 Projected
Population 2,077,897 Physician Need
71 66
66 71 50 62
62

Georgia Physician Workforce: AHEC Reports - 2008

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Foothills AHEC Physician Standard Report
Included Counties: Banks, Barrow, Clarke, Columbia, Elbert, Franklin, Glascock, Greene, Gwinnett, Habersham, Hall, Hart, Jackson, Lincoln, Lumpkin, McDuffie, Madison, Morgan, Oconee, Oglethorpe, Putnam, Rabun, Richmond, Stephens, Taliaferro, Towns, Union, Walton, Warren, White, Wilkes

Physician Specialty Pathology
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.
6.3 1.9 1.8 6.4 3.3 1.8

Population 1,895,861 Physician Need 119 36 34 121 63 34

2008 Actual
Physicians 63
Status Deficit:
Surplus: Surplus:
Deficit: Adequate
Surplus:

/100k 3.3
-56 27 29 -58 0 29

4.1

78

Deficit: -15

3.2

61

Surplus: 2

2015 Projected
Population 2,077,897 Physician Need
131 39 37
133 69 37
85
66

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

Population 1,895,861 Physician Need 472 315 294 235 226 303

2008 Actual
Physicians 325

/100k 17.1

Status Deficit: -147
Surplus: 10 Surplus: 31 Surplus: 90 Surplus: 99 Surplus: 22

9.8

186

Surplus: 139

7.6

144

13.9

264

13.0

246

Surplus: 181 Surplus: 61 Surplus: 79

2015 Projected
Population 2,077,897 Physician Need
517 345 322 258 247 332
204
158 289 270

Georgia Physician Workforce: AHEC Reports - 2008

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Foothills AHEC Physician Standard Report
Included Counties: Banks, Barrow, Clarke, Columbia, Elbert, Franklin, Glascock, Greene, Gwinnett, Habersham, Hall, Hart, Jackson, Lincoln, Lumpkin, McDuffie, Madison, Morgan, Oconee, Oglethorpe, Putnam, Rabun, Richmond, Stephens, Taliaferro, Towns, Union, Walton, Warren, White, Wilkes

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

Population
1,895,861
Physician Need 46

2008 Actual
Physicians 40
Status Deficit:

/100k 2.1
-6

1.1

21

0.3

6

0.4

8

1.1

21

2.3

44

2.2

42

1.2

23

Surplus: 19 Surplus: 34
Surplus: 32
Surplus: 19 Deficit: -4 Deficit: -2
Surplus: 17

2015 Projected
Population 2,077,897 Physician Need
50
23 6
8
23 48 46 25

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

Population 1,895,861 Physician Need 258 146 137 292 99 78

2008 Actual
Physicians 175

/100k 9.2

Status Deficit: -83
Surplus: 29 Surplus: 38
Deficit: -117 Surplus: 76 Surplus: 97

7.2

137

3.9

74

5.7

109

7.1

135

Surplus: 38 Surplus: 101 Surplus: 66 Surplus: 40

2015 Projected
Population 2,077,897 Physician Need
283 160 150 320 108
85
150 81
119 148

Georgia Physician Workforce: AHEC Reports - 2008

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Foothills AHEC Physician Standard Report
Included Counties: Banks, Barrow, Clarke, Columbia, Elbert, Franklin, Glascock, Greene, Gwinnett, Habersham, Hall, Hart, Jackson, Lincoln, Lumpkin, McDuffie, Madison, Morgan, Oconee, Oglethorpe, Putnam, Rabun, Richmond, Stephens, Taliaferro, Towns, Union, Walton, Warren, White, Wilkes

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

Population 1,895,861 Physician Need 66 38 36 27 27 19 27

2008 Actual
Physicians 50
Status Deficit:
Surplus: Surplus: Surplus: Surplus: Surplus: Surplus:

/100k 2.6
-16 12 14 23 23 31 23

1.4

27

Surplus: 23

1.3

25

1.5

28

Surplus: 25 Surplus: 22

2015 Projected
Population 2,077,897 Physician Need
73 42 39 29 29 21 29
29
27 31

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

Population 1,895,861 Physician Need 216 258 260 146 161 89 146

2008 Actual
Physicians 149

/100k 7.9

Status Deficit: -67 Deficit: -109 Deficit: -111
Surplus: 3 Deficit: -12
Surplus: 60 Surplus: 3

8.0

152

Deficit: -3

9.1

173

Deficit: -24

2015 Projected
Population 2,077,897 Physician Need
237 283 285 160 177
98 160
166
189

Georgia Physician Workforce: AHEC Reports - 2008

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Foothills AHEC Physician Standard Report
Included Counties: Banks, Barrow, Clarke, Columbia, Elbert, Franklin, Glascock, Greene, Gwinnett, Habersham, Hall, Hart, Jackson, Lincoln, Lumpkin, McDuffie, Madison, Morgan, Oconee, Oglethorpe, Putnam, Rabun, Richmond, Stephens, Taliaferro, Towns, Union, Walton, Warren, White, Wilkes

Physician Specialty Rheumatology
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.
1.5 1.1 1.0 0.7 0.4 0.7 0.7

Population 1,895,861 Physician Need 28 21 19 13 8 13 13

2008 Actual
Physicians 20
Status Deficit: Deficit:
Surplus: Surplus: Surplus: Surplus: Surplus:

/100k 1.1
-8 -1 1 7 12 7 7

0.4

8

Surplus: 12

1.3

25

0.8

15

Deficit: -5 Surplus: 5

2015 Projected
Population 2,077,897 Physician Need
31 23 21 15 8 15 15
8
28 17

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

Population 1,895,861 Physician Need 237 178 167 184 133 118 112 80 184 78 114 135

2008 Actual
Physicians 138
Status Deficit: Deficit: Deficit: Deficit:
Surplus: Surplus: Surplus: Surplus:
Deficit: Surplus: Surplus: Surplus:

/100k 7.3
-99 -40 -29 -46
5 20 26 58 -46 60 24 3

2015 Projected
Population 2,077,897 Physician Need
260 195 183 202 145 129 123
87 202
85 125 148

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Foothills AHEC Physician Standard Report
Included Counties: Banks, Barrow, Clarke, Columbia, Elbert, Franklin, Glascock, Greene, Gwinnett, Habersham, Hall, Hart, Jackson, Lincoln, Lumpkin, McDuffie, Madison, Morgan, Oconee, Oglethorpe, Putnam, Rabun, Richmond, Stephens, Taliaferro, Towns, Union, Walton, Warren, White, Wilkes

Physician Specialty Thoracic 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.
1.5

Population
1,895,861
Physician Need 28

2008 Actual
Physicians 7
Status Deficit:

/100k 0.4
-21

0.8

15

0.1

2

Deficit: -8 Surplus: 5

0.5

9

Deficit: -2

2015 Projected
Population 2,077,897 Physician Need
31
17 2
10

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

Population 1,895,861 Physician Need 66 66 63 59 63 44 55

2008 Actual
Physicians 60
Status Deficit: Deficit: Deficit:
Surplus: Deficit:
Surplus: Surplus:

/100k 3.2
-6 -6 -3 1 -3 16 5

2.6

49

1.9

36

2.9

54

2.9

55

Surplus: 11 Surplus: 24 Surplus: 6 Surplus: 5

2015 Projected
Population 2,077,897 Physician Need
73 73 69 64 69 48 60
54 39 59 60

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Included Counties: Banks, Barrow, Clarke, Columbia, Elbert, Franklin, Glascock, Greene, Gwinnett, Habersham, Hall, Hart, Jackson, Lincoln, Lumpkin, McDuffie, Madison, Morgan, Oconee, Oglethorpe, Putnam, Rabun, Richmond, Stephens, Taliaferro, Towns, Union, Walton, Warren, White, Wilkes

Report created by Georgia Board for Physician Workforce, State of Georgia
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