Georgia Physician Workforce county reports - 2008: Gwinnett County physician standard report [2010]

67 Georgia Physician Workforce: County Reports - 2008
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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

772,464

1

0.1

Physician Need
11

Status Deficit: -10

12

Deficit: -11

11

Deficit: -10

6

Deficit: -5

13

Deficit: -12

9

Deficit: -8

8

Deficit: -7

10

Deficit: -9

13

Deficit: -12

10

Deficit: -9

2015 Projected
Population 910,677
Physician Need 13 14 13 7 11 11 10
12
16 12

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

772,464

38

4.9

Physician Need
108

Status Deficit: -70

75

Deficit: -37

70

Deficit: -32

69

Deficit: -31

46

Deficit: -8

30

Surplus: 8

70

Deficit: -32

54

Deficit: -16

59

Deficit: -21

2015 Projected
Population 910,677
Physician Need 127 88 83 81 36 36 82
64
69

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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

772,464

30

3.9

Physician Need
58

Status Deficit: -28

42

Deficit: -12

39

Deficit: -9

24

Surplus: 6

23

Surplus: 7

14

Surplus: 16

22

Surplus: 8

28

Surplus: 2

20

Surplus: 10

33

Deficit: -3

27

Surplus: 3

2015 Projected
Population 910,677
Physician Need 68 49 46 28 16 16 26
33 24 38 32

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

772,464

17

2.2

Physician Need
29

Status Deficit: -12

22

Deficit: -5

20

Deficit: -3

22

Deficit: -5

19

Deficit: -2

19

Deficit: -2

20

Deficit: -3

12

Surplus: 5

11

Surplus: 6

16

Surplus: 1

24

Deficit: -7

19

Deficit: -2

2015 Projected
Population 910,677
Physician Need 34 25 24 25 22 22 24 15 13 19 29 22

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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

772,464

43

5.6

Physician Need
81

Status Deficit: -38

42

Surplus: 1

40

Surplus: 3

42

Surplus: 1

52

Deficit: -9

41

Surplus: 2

21

Surplus: 22

96

Deficit: -53

48

Deficit: -5

2015 Projected
Population 910,677
Physician Need 96 50 47 49 48 48
25
113 56

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

772,464

9

1.2

Physician Need
14

Status Deficit: -5

8

Surplus: 1

8

Surplus: 1

6

Surplus: 3

7

Surplus: 2

8

Surplus: 1

5

Surplus: 4

7

Surplus: 2

2015 Projected
Population 910,677
Physician Need 16 10 9 7 10 10
5
8

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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

772,464

146

18.9

Physician Need
243

Status Deficit: -97

352

Deficit: -206

329

Deficit: -183

195

Deficit: -49

129

Surplus: 17

85

Surplus: 61

71

Surplus: 75

125

Surplus: 21

174

Deficit: -28

182

Deficit: -36

2015 Projected
Population 910,677
Physician Need 287 415 388 229 100 100
84
148 205 215

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

772,464

15

1.9

Physician Need
32

Status Deficit: -17

24

Deficit: -9

25

Deficit: -10

13

Surplus: 2

13

Surplus: 2

10

Surplus: 5

27

Deficit: -12

19

Deficit: -4

2015 Projected
Population 910,677
Physician Need 38 28
29 15 15
12
32 22

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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
0.8

2008 Actual
Population Physicians /100k

772,464

4

0.5

Physician Need
17

Status Deficit: -13

5

Deficit: -1

5

Deficit: -1

7

Deficit: -3

9

Deficit: -5

5

Deficit: -1

5

Deficit: -1

6

Deficit: -2

2015 Projected
Population 910,677
Physician Need 20 6 5 8 6 6 5
7

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

772,464

138

17.9

Physician Need
410

Status Deficit: -272

165

Deficit: -27

154

Deficit: -16

222

Deficit: -84

217

Deficit: -79

234

Deficit: -96

129

Surplus: 9

87

Surplus: 51

147

Deficit: -9

170

Deficit: -32

2015 Projected
Population 910,677
Physician Need 484 195 182 262 276 276
152
103 173 200

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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

772,464

12

1.6

Physician Need
20

Status Deficit: -8

11

Surplus: 1

10

Surplus: 2

8

Surplus: 4

6

Surplus: 6

5

Surplus: 7

7

Surplus: 5

6

Surplus: 6

8

Surplus: 4

2015 Projected
Population 910,677
Physician Need 24 13 12 10 6 6 8
7 9

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
0.4
0.7
1.0

2008 Actual
Population Physicians /100k

772,464

5

0.6

Physician Need
15

Status Deficit: -10

8

Deficit: -3

8

Deficit: -3

8

Deficit: -3

11

Deficit: -6

3

Surplus: 2

5

Adequate 0

8

Deficit: -3

2015 Projected
Population 910,677
Physician Need 17 10 9 10
4
6
9

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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

772,464

14

1.8

Physician Need
39

Status Deficit: -25

19

Deficit: -5

18

Deficit: -4

25

Deficit: -11

10

Surplus: 4

13

Surplus: 1

9

Surplus: 5

16

Deficit: -2

11

Surplus: 3

14

Adequate 0

15

Deficit: -1

2015 Projected
Population 910,677
Physician Need 46 22 21 30 15 15 11
19 13 16 17

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

772,464

61

7.9

Physician Need
109

Status Deficit: -48

93

Deficit: -32

87

Deficit: -26

76

Deficit: -15

90

Deficit: -29

89

Deficit: -28

77

Deficit: -16

68

Deficit: -7

65

Deficit: -4

62

Deficit: -1

79

Deficit: -18

79

Deficit: -18

2015 Projected
Population 910,677
Physician Need 128 110 103 90 105 105 91 80 76 73 93 93

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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

772,464

14

1.8

Physician Need
46

Status Deficit: -32

46

Deficit: -32

42

Deficit: -28

36

Deficit: -22

19

Deficit: -5

24

Deficit: -10

39

Deficit: -25

27

Deficit: -13

25

Deficit: -11

36

Deficit: -22

32

Deficit: -18

2015 Projected
Population 910,677
Physician Need 55 54 50 42 28 28 46
32 29 43 38

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

772,464

29

3.8

Physician Need
64

Status Deficit: -35

53

Deficit: -24

49

Deficit: -20

46

Deficit: -17

46

Deficit: -17

32

Deficit: -3

52

Deficit: -23

23

Surplus: 6

46

Deficit: -17

32

Deficit: -3

47

Deficit: -18

42

Deficit: -13

2015 Projected
Population 910,677
Physician Need 76 62 58 55 38 38 61 27 54 38 56 50

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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

772,464

9

1.2

Physician Need
26

Status Deficit: -17

25

Deficit: -16

25

Deficit: -16

26

Deficit: -17

19

Deficit: -10

23

Deficit: -14

23

Deficit: -14

2015 Projected
Population 910,677
Physician Need 31 29
29 22 22 27
27

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
4.1
3.2

2008 Actual
Population Physicians /100k

772,464

7

0.9

Physician Need
49

Status Deficit: -42

15

Deficit: -8

14

Deficit: -7

49

Deficit: -42

25

Deficit: -18

14

Deficit: -7

32

Deficit: -25

25

Deficit: -18

2015 Projected
Population 910,677
Physician Need 57 17 16 58 16 16
37
29

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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

772,464

138

17.9

Physician Need
192

Status Deficit: -54

128

Surplus: 10

120

Surplus: 18

96

Surplus: 42

92

Surplus: 46

124

Surplus: 14

76

Surplus: 62

59

Surplus: 79

107

Surplus: 31

100

Surplus: 38

2015 Projected
Population 910,677
Physician Need 227 151 141 113 146 146
89
69 127 118

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

772,464

12

1.6

Physician Need
19

Status Deficit: -7

8

Surplus: 4

2

Surplus: 10

3

Surplus: 9

8

Surplus: 4

18

Deficit: -6

17

Deficit: -5

9

Surplus: 3

2015 Projected
Population 910,677
Physician Need 22
10
4
10 21 20 11

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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

772,464

43

5.6

Physician Need
105

Status Deficit: -62

59

Deficit: -16

56

Deficit: -13

119

Deficit: -76

40

Surplus: 3

32

Surplus: 11

56

Deficit: -13

30

Surplus: 13

44

Deficit: -1

55

Deficit: -12

2015 Projected
Population 910,677
Physician Need 124 70 66 140 37 37
66 36 52 65

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

772,464

12

1.6

Physician Need
27

Status Deficit: -15

15

Deficit: -3

15

Deficit: -3

11

Surplus: 1

11

Surplus: 1

8

Surplus: 4

11

Surplus: 1

11

Surplus: 1

10

Surplus: 2

12

Adequate 0

2015 Projected
Population 910,677
Physician Need 32 18 17 13 9 9 13
13
12 14

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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

772,464

37

4.8

Physician Need
88

Status Deficit: -51

105

Deficit: -68

106

Deficit: -69

59

Deficit: -22

66

Deficit: -29

36

Surplus: 1

59

Deficit: -22

62

Deficit: -25

70

Deficit: -33

2015 Projected
Population 910,677
Physician Need 104 124 125 70 43 43 70
73
83

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
0.4
1.3 0.8

2008 Actual
Population Physicians /100k

772,464

5

0.6

Physician Need
12

Status Deficit: -7

8

Deficit: -3

8

Deficit: -3

5

Adequate 0

3

Surplus: 2

5

Adequate 0

5

Adequate 0

3

Surplus: 2

10

Deficit: -5

6

Deficit: -1

2015 Projected
Population 910,677
Physician Need 14 10 9 6 6 6 6
4
12 7

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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

772,464

24

3.1

Physician Need
97

Status Deficit: -73

73

Deficit: -49

68

Deficit: -44

75

Deficit: -51

54

Deficit: -30

48

Deficit: -24

46

Deficit: -22

32

Deficit: -8

75

Deficit: -51

32

Deficit: -8

46

Deficit: -22

55

Deficit: -31

2015 Projected
Population 910,677
Physician Need 114 86 80 88 56 56 54 38 88 37 55 65

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
0.8 0.1
0.5

2008 Actual
Population Physicians /100k

772,464

1

0.1

Physician Need
12

Status Deficit: -11

6

Deficit: -5

1

Adequate 0

4

Deficit: -3

2015 Projected
Population 910,677
Physician Need 14
7
5

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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

772,464

11

1.4

Physician Need
27

Status Deficit: -16

27

Deficit: -16

25

Deficit: -14

24

Deficit: -13

25

Deficit: -14

18

Deficit: -7

22

Deficit: -11

20

Deficit: -9

15

Deficit: -4

22

Deficit: -11

22

Deficit: -11

2015 Projected
Population 910,677
Physician Need 32 32 30 28 21 21 26
24 17 26 26

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. Christain, and E. Fernandez. 1997. Downsizing the Physician Workforce. Public Health Reports. May/June 112:231-239. (2) Graduate Medical Education National Advisory Committee Summary Report. 1981. Pub. No. (HRA) 81-651. Washington: Government Printing Office. (3) American Medical Association. 1996. Physician Characteristics and Distribution in the US: 1995/1996. Chicago. (4) American Osteopathic Association. 1993. 1994 Yearbook and Directory of Osteopathic Physicians. Chicago. (5) Hart, L., E. Wagner, J. Parzada, A.Nelson, and R.Rosenblah. 1997. Physician Staffing Ratios in Staff- Model HMO's: A Cautionary Tale, Health Affairs 16,
no. 1:55-70. (6) Weiner, J.P. 1994 Forecasting the Effects of Health Reform on U.S. Physician Workforce Requirement. JAMA 272, no. 3:222-230. (7) Steinwachs, D., J.P. Weiner, S. Shapiro, et al. 1986. A Comparison of the Requirements for Primary Care Physicians in with Projections Made by the
Graduate Medical National Advisory Committee. 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.