Physician Workforce primary care/core specialties based on 2008 licensure data [July 2011]

PHYSICIAN WORKFORCE*
Primary Care/Core Specialties
*Based on 2008 Licensure Data
Georgia Board for Physician Workforce State of Georgia July 2011

Executive Summary
The 2008 Physician Workforce Profile marks the 22nd year the Georgia Board for Physician Workforce (GBPW) has examined the supply and distribution of Georgia's physicians using data from license renewals. The physician data is analyzed by the GBPW and the resulting information is then reported on a biennial basis. This information is important in determining trends in workforce patterns (i.e. demographics, specialty, and geographical location) and to better assess the healthcare needs of Georgia's citizens.
Between 2006 and 2008, Georgia's physician workforce experienced a gain in both primary care/ core specialties (family medicine, internal medicine, pediatrics, OB/GYN, and general surgery), and specialists. However, in 2008 there was a larger percent of the workforce in specialized categories.
Between 1998 and 2008, the population in Georgia increased by 24.8%. The overall rate of physician increase was 29.2% between 1998 and 2008 (slightly higher than
the population increase). The rate of increase for physicians in the five primary care/core specialties was 21.6%. The rate of increase of specialist physicians was 35.9% during the ten year period. All primary care/core specialty physicians gained in number between 2006 and 2008, although the rate per 100,000 population decreased for internal medicine, pediatrics, OB/GYN and general surgery. The rate of family medicine physicians increased slightly. The percentage of specialty physicians was the highest in 2008. In 2008, the rates of physicians in Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs) were higher than in Non-Metropolitan Statistical Areas (Non-MSAs) in all of the primary care/core specialties except for family medicine. Fifty-two percent of all Georgia's physicians are located in five Primary Care Service Areas (PCSAs). These five PCSAs represent 38.1% of the state's population.
Physician workforce demographics are important to note as research has concluded that demographics play an important role in geographic distribution and hours worked per week.
Pediatrics had the highest percentage of female physicians. This is the only specialty where females constitute >50% of the workforce. Surgical specialties have the lowest percentage of females in the workforce. Females comprise 8.3% of the general surgery workforce.
The percentage of white physicians has decreased steadily from 1998 to 2006, while all other races have increased during this time period.
The physician workforce is aging. In 2008, 30.7% of the physician workforce was 55 and over. In comparison, 22.8% of the workforce was 55 and over in 1998.
Of the five primary care/core specialties, general surgery had the largest percentage (37.5%) of physicians age 55 and over. Family medicine had the second highest percentage of physicians 55 and over with 32.5%.
Pediatrics had the youngest cohort of physicians, with 10.3% being less than 35 years old. There was a decrease in the percentage of physicians accepting Medicaid and Medicare
between 2006 and 2008. Also, there was a decrease in the percentage of physicians accepting new Medicaid and new Medicare patients. More than one-third (34.1%) of the workforce are not accepting new Medicaid patients.

PHYSICIAN PROFILE
2008
Distribution of Physicians, U.S. 2008*
per 100,000 population
Excellent Good Fair Poor
In 2008 Georgia ranked 40th among all
states.

*Source American Medical Association, Physician Characteristics and Distribution in the U.S. 2010 Edition, 2008. Rankings are quartiled. Does not include District of Columbia.
Monitoring the supply and distribution of physicians by specialty and geographic location provides beneficial information to: (1) determine funding for graduate medical education, (2) identify areas of need, (3) plan for health services, (4) locate facilities, and (5) monitor and evaluate the number of practicing physicians. This latest workforce analysis indicates continued problems with physician distribution. For example, some areas of the state have an adequate or surplus supply of certain primary care physicians, while other areas have a deficit.

There have been major changes in the growth of the population and of the physician workforce. Between 1998 and 2008, the population in Georgia increased by 24.8%. The rate of physician increase during the same years was 29.2% (slightly higher than the population increase). To illustrate how Georgia compares to the nation, Georgia's physician rate per 100,000 population was 200 for 2008 and the national rate was 309 physicians per 100,000 population.
Physician Supply in Georgia 1998-2008

Number in Thousands Rate

Physicians in Georgia - Number

25

20
14,739
15

15,736

16,483

17,513

18,422

19,046

10

Georgia's Physician Supply - Rate*

250

200 193

192

193

202

202

200

150

100

5

50

0 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008

0 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008

*Rate per 100,000

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PHYSICIAN SPECIALTIES IN GEORGIA

Georgia Physician Workforce 2006 & 2008 Selected Specialties by MSA/ Non-MSA Designation

Specialty

2006

MSA

Non-MSA

Number Rate* Number Rate*

2008

MSA

Non-MSA

Number Rate* Number Rate*

Family Medicine

1,835 24.8

556

32.3 1,960 25.3

564

31.4

Internal Medicine

2,109 28.5

362

21.0 2,148 27.8

352

19.6

Pediatrics

1,371 18.6

177

10.3 1,424 18.4

159

8.9

OB/GYN

892

12.1

135

7.8

907

11.7

134

7.5

General Surgery

582

7.9

117

6.8

606

7.8

124

6.9

*Rate per 100,000 population

Generalists vs. Specialists

Over the last ten years "other specialties" has achieved its highest percentage at 56% in 2008.

Rates for family medicine, internal medicine, pediatrics, OB/GYN, and general surgery all decreased between 2004 and 2006, but remained somewhat constant between 2006 and 2008.

T10h0e percentage of "other specialties"

de8c0reased steadily from 1998 to 2002.

T6h0ere was a 4.2% 2004 and 2008.

increase

between
East

40

West



North
T2h0e percentage of generalists was the

lowest in 2008. Historically, the largest dec0 re1astsQetr 2nidnQtr g3rednQetrra4ltihstQstr occurred between 2004 and 2006.

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Primary Care/Core

Specialists

Percent of Generalists & Specialists by Year 1998-2008

PHYSICIAN RATE

DISTRIBUTION OF PHYSICIANS BY PCSA*

Dade

Catoosa

1

Whitfield
2

Walker

Murray

Chattooga

Gordon
16

Fannin
4 3

Union
5

Gilmer Pickens
14

Lu1m2pkin
Dawson

Towns
6

Rabun
7

White Habersham-

Stephens

10 8

11

Franklin

Banks

9

Hall

Hart
28

Excellent (>163) Good (124 - 162.9) Fair (87 - 123.9) Poor (<87)

18 Floyd

Bartow
17

Cherokee
15

Forsyth
13

Jackson
Madison
27

Elbert
29

Polk

21

Paulding

Cobb

Gwinnett
25

Barrow Walton

Clarke Oconee

Oglethorpe

Wilkes

Haralson
19 20 22 23 24 26 34 30 31 Carroll

Douglas

Dekalb

Fulton

Rockdale

Clayton

Newton

Morgan

Lincoln

Greene Taliaferro

Columbia McDuffie

41 4039 38 36 35 32 Heard

Coweta

Fayette

Henry

Spalding

Butts

Jasper

Putnam

Warren Hancock Glascock

42 37 47 33 49 50 Troup

Meriwether

Pike Lamar Monroe

Jones

Baldwin

Jefferson Washington

Richmond Burke

44 45 46 48 54 Upson

Bibb

Wilkinson

Johnson

Jenkins

Harris

Talbot

Crawford

Twiggs

Emanuel

Screven
51

43
Muscogee
Marion

Taylor

Peach 67

Macon

Houston

Bleckley
63

Laurens
60

57
Treutlen

55
Candler

53
Bulloch

Effingham

Chattahoochee Stewart

Schley
68

66
Dooly

Pulaski
64

Dodge
62

59 Montgomery

Wheeler

58

56
Evans
Tattnall

52 Bryan

Chatham

Webster
69

Sumter

Quitman 70

Terrell

Lee

Randolph

65

Wilcox

Crisp Turner

Ben Hill
87

Telfair
61

Toombs

Jeff
89Davis

Appling
91

Long
92

Liberty

Clay

76 Calhoun

Dougherty

Early
71

Baker

Miller
72
Seminole
Decatur
73

Mitchell
Grady
74

79

Irwin
86

W orth

77

Tift

85

78
Colquitt

Berrien
80
Cook

Coffee
88
Atkinson

84
Lanier

83
Clinch

Thomas
75

Brooks
81

82 Lowndes

Echols

Bacon
90

Wayne

McIntosh

94

PPiIeErcReCE

Ware

Brantley

93 Glynn

Charlton
95

Camden
96

In 2008, Georgia's physician rate per 100,000 population was 200; compared to the rate of 193 in 1998.
The distribution of physicians in Georgia is primarily concentrated in metropolitan areas. The top ten PCSAs are: 1. Area 31: Columbia, Lincoln, Richmond 2. Area 22: Fulton 3. Area 75: Thomas 4. Area 23: DeKalb 5. Area 47: Baldwin 6. Area 46: Bibb, Crawford, Jones, Peach, Taylor, Twiggs,
Wilkinson 7. Area 94: Pierce, Ware 8. Area 43: Chattahoochee, Harris, Marion, Muscogee,
Talbot 9. Area 52: Bryan, Chatham, Effingham, Liberty 10. Area 18: Chattooga, Floyd, Polk
Fifty-two percent of all Georgia's physicians are located in

Rates are per 100,000 population

five PCSAs. These five PCSAs represent 38.1% of the state's population.

* Primary Care Service Areas (PCSAs) are included as a geography in the 2008 profile. Ninety-six (96) areas were designated by the 30% rule using the Georgia Hospital Questionnaire. A PCSA was designated if at least 30% of the patients received care in their county of residency. If a county received less than 30% of its residents as patients, it was assigned to the county where the majority of its residents go for primary care.

Physicians in Georgia by Specialty 1998-2008

2,027 2,143 2,171 2,293 2,391 2,524
1,971 2,264 2,509 2,652 2,471 2,500
1,280 1,402 1,495 1,588 1,548 1,583
903 986
1,138 1,171 1,027 1,041 708 771 726 733 699 730
7,850 8,170 8,444 9,076 10,286 10,668

3,000

2,500

2,000

1,500

1,000

500

0

Family Medicine

Pediatrics

Internal Medicine

1998 2000

2002 2004

12,000

10,000

8,000

6,000

General Surgery OB/GYN

4,000 2,000

2006

2008

0

3

Other Specialties

Georgia Physician Workforce: Total Physicians by Specialty and Rate*, 1998-2008

Specialty

1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008

Allergy & Immunology Anesthesiology
Cardiovascular Diseases Dermatology
Emergency Medicine Endocrinology
Family/General Practice Gastroenterology General Surgery Gynecology Infectious Disease Internal Medicine Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Nephrology
Neurological Surgery Neurology
Obstetrics/ Gynecology

0.83 9.84 4.83 2.94 8.41 0.86 26.52 2.55 9.26 2.66 1.32 25.79 0.23
1.41 1.53 3.35 11.82

0.87 9.56 4.73 2.98 8.94 0.77 26.18 2.65 9.42 2.23 1.20 27.66 0.31
1.28 1.34 3.19 12.04

1.24 8.93 4.28 2.88 8.81 0.80 25.36 2.10 8.48 1.41 1.56 29.30 0.71
1.43 1.39 3.22 13.29

1.31 9.52 4.75 3.16 9.62 0.89 26.40 2.38 8.44 1.26 1.71 30.53 0.86
1.70 1.48 3.48 13.48

0.98 9.06 6.74 3.01 9.61 1.44 26.24 3.60 7.67 2.89 2.26 27.12 1.25

1.04 8.95 6.79 2.94 9.66 1.30 26.47 3.68 7.66 2.94 2.21 26.22 1.36

2.62 1.50 3.31 11.27

2.63 1.37 3.42 10.92

Oncology

1.57 1.58 1.75 2.08 2.57 2.57

Ophthalmology

4.92 4.75 4.64 4.67 4.70 4.68

Orthopedic Surgery

7.20 6.79 6.89 7.04 7.47 7.22

Otorhinolaryngology 3.02 3.11 2.88 3.12 3.07 3.07

Pain Medicine

Not 0.17 0.79 0.79 1.24 1.32

Listed

Pathology

4.41 4.51 4.43 4.55 3.80 3.79

(all Pathologies

combined for

2006 & 2008)

Pediatrics

16.75 17.13 17.46 18.28 16.99 16.60

Physical Medicine & 1.45 1.45 Not 0.28 1.40 1.32

Rehabilitation

Listed

Plastic Surgery

1.87 1.82 2.13 2.31 2.29 2.37

Psychiatry

11.04 11.14 10.45 10.53 11.15 11.07

Public Health

1.52 1.16 0.80 0.86 1.25 1.24

Pulmonary Diseases 1.92 1.92 1.67 1.89 2.92 2.86

Radiology

8.97 9.10 8.32 8.50 8.60 8.63

(Diagnostic Radiology &

Radiology combined)

Rheumatology

0.76 0.75 0.60 0.72 0.96 0.87

Therapeutic Radiology 0.86 0.67 1.06 1.09 1.40 1.34

Thoracic Surgery

0.42 0.43 1.08 1.08 0.74 0.72

Urological Surgery

3.42 3.04 3.06 2.97 3.04 3.05

State Total**

193 192 193 202 202 200

* Rate per 100,000 population: Population for 1998-2008: Governor's Office of Planning and Budget (http://www.opb.state.ga.us) ** All physicians

4

Rate per 100,000

Physician Rates by Primary Care/Core Specialties: 1998-2008

35 30

26.52

27.66

29.30

30.53

27.12

26.47

Family Medicine

25 20

25.79

26.18

25.36

26.40

26.24

26.22

Internal Medicine Pediatrics

15 10
5

16.75 11.82 9.26

17.13 12.04
9.42

17.46 13.29
8.48

18.28 13.48
8.44

16.99
11.27 7.67

16.60
10.92 7.66

OB/GYN General Surgery

0

1998

2000

2002 Year

2004

2006

2008

DEMOGRAPHICS _

Accepting Medicare and Medicaid

84.6 85.4 78.3 81.3 80.6 78.8 85.3 85.4 77.3 79.2 78.1 73.8

100% 80% 60% 40% 20% 0%
1998

Medicare 2000 2002

Medicaid 2004 2006

2008

______ All Specialties

New Medicaid and Medicare

Patients 2006 & 2008

(Percent)

2006

2008

Accept New

Yes

No

Yes

No

Patients:

New Medicare 76.4% 23.6% 74.0% 26.0%

New Medicaid 70.7% 29.3% 65.9% 34.1%

80.0 79.0 79.1 79.4 73.9 73.6 20.0 21.0 20.9 20.6 26.1 26.4

Gender
100% 80% 60% 40% 20% 0%
Race
100% 80% 60% 40% 20% 0%

80.2 79.0 77.4 77.1 74.8 74.4

Male

1998 2004

2000 2006

2002 2008

Female
1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008

8.9 10.3 11.9 12.7 13.4 13.3 7.8 8.1 7.7 6.8 7.2 7.0 3.1 2.6 3.0 3.4 4.6 5.3

White

Black

Asian
5

Other

1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008
6

60-64 65 and Over

55-59

50-54

45-49

40-44

35-39

30% 25% 20% 15% 10%
5% 0%
Less Than 35

26.0 26.2
15.313.2 9.2 14.3
19.8 19.9
17.6 17.5 19.2 17.2
18.4 17.9 17.7 17.5 17.8 18.4 13.4 15.0 18.0 15.9 15.8 16.4 7.7 8.0 14.6 15.7 14.4 15.6
5.3 5.0
7.3 8.0 9.2 11.3
2.9 3.1 5.4 4.9 4.0 5.0
6.5 4.9 6.2 5.2 5.2 6.7

INTERNAL MEDICINE

1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008

65 and Over

60-64

55-59

50-54

45-49

40-44

35-39

15.4 15.6 11.9 14.0 5.9 11.0
16.5 16.0
12.9 14.5 17.4 17.4
19.2 18.0 15.1 13.4 14.0 13.9 14.9 16.6 18.2 17.6 15.6 14.0 11.2 12.0 14.9 14.9 15.8 16.2
8.7 8.6 9.1
9.6 11.4
12.9
6.2 6.0 5.4 5.3 6.1
7.8
7.9 7.2
12.3 10.7 8.7 11.8

30% 25% 20% 15% 10%
5% 0%
Less Than 35

FAMILY MEDICINE

1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008

60-64 65 and Over

55-59

50-54

45-49

40-44

35-39

30% 25% 20% 15% 10%
5% 0%
Less Than 35

15.4
15.6 10.2 12.9 7.2 11.6
16.5 16.0 14.7 14.9 15.2 14.5
19.2 18.0 17.4 16.4 15.5 14.8 14.9 16.6 18.5
17.4 16.7 16.3 11.2 12.0 14.1 14.2 15.4 16.5
8.7 8.6
9.9 9.8
11.0 12.1
6.2 6.0
6.8 6.6
7.1 8.2
7.9 7.2
8.6 7.8 7.6
10.4

TOTAL PHYSICIANS

Distribution by Age and Specialty

Specialties

DEMOGRAPHICS

7

55-59
2006 2008

1998 2000 2002 2004

65 and Over

60-64

50-54

45-49

40-44

35-39

30% 25% 20% 15% 10%
5% 0%
Less Than 35

13.7
19.8
10.6 13.0 6.4 11.8
15.1 14.4 11.1 12.3 13.0 12.9
16.2 14.9 14.8 14.4 13.5 12.1 12.4 12.8 15.9 15.9 16.0 15.5 11.3 10.5 11.9 12.6 14.2 15.6
11.5 9.2 11.1 10.8 11.2 10.5
8.8 8.6 10.6 9.5 9.1 10.0 11.0
9.7 14.0
11.211.5
17.0

GENERAL SURGERY

1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008

65 and Over

60-64

55-59

50-54

45-49

40-44

35-39

30% 25% 20% 15% 10%
5% 0%
Less Than 35

16.2
19.6
11.7 14.0 7.1 11.9
18.8 17.4 16.6 17.3 18.9 16.7
20.6 18.7 18.1 16.9 18.1 17.4 13.1 14.6 17.1 16.8 16.6 16.8 12.5 11.1 11.8 12.3 13.1 17.4
8.2 9.1 10.9 9.5 10.6 10.1
5.7 4.6 6.4
7.0 6.6 6.9
4.8 5.0 7.4 6.3 4.2 7.6

OB/GYN

1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008

65 and Over

60-64

55-59

50-54

45-49

40-44

35-39

20.6 20.9
13.9 16.4 10.6 16.0
18.0 16.2 16.2 17.5 18.1 17.1
17.9 17.6 17.5 16.9 16.5 16.0 15.1 16.2 16.2
21.1 16.2 16.9 10.4 10.3 13.3 12.9 12.8 14.3
6.7 7.5 9.6 8.8 8.4
10.4
5.0 5.3 5.8 6.0 6.0 6.8
6.5 6.0 7.0 6.3
5.9 8.0

30% 25% 20% 15% 10%
5% 0%
Less Than 35

Distribution by Age and Specialty
PEDIATRICS

Specialties

DEMOGRAPHICS

FAMILY MEDICINE
PROFILE - 2008
TOP 10 PRIMARY CARE SERVICE AREAS (PCSAs) BY NUMBER OF FAMILY MEDICINE PHYSICIANS

RANK*

1. Area 22: Fulton (224) 2. Area 23: DeKalb (190) 3. Area 21: Cobb, Paulding (147) 4. Area 25: Gwinnett (146) 5. Area 31: Columbia, Lincoln, Richmond (137)

8

3

4

10

2

1

6. Area 43: Chattahoochee, Harris, Marion, Muscogee,

Talbot (135)

7. Area 52: Bryan, Chatham, Effingham, Liberty (111)

9

8. Area 18: Chattooga, Floyd, Polk (91)

9. Area 46: Bibb, Crawford, Jones, Peach, Taylor,

6

Twiggs, Wilkinson (90)

10. Area 27: Barrow, Clarke, Jackson, Madison,

Morgan, Oconee, Oglethorpe (78)

* Numbers correspond to rank. ** Numbers in parenthesis represent the number of physicians.

5
7
PIERCE

Family Medicine Physician Supply

3,000 2,500 2,000

2,524 2,027 2,143 2,171 2,293 2,391

Number

1,500

1,000

500

0 1998

2002

2006

2000

2004

2008

8

Between 1998 and 2008, the number of family medicine physicians in Georgia increased 24.5%.
In 2008, there was at least one family medicine physician in every PCSA.
The greatest increase in family medicine physicians (in number) was between 2006 and 2008.
The top 10 PCSAs for number of practicing family medicine physicians have all or most of the area located in a Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Family Medicine

Family Medicine Physician Distribution - 2008 Deficit, Adequate, and Surplus PCSAs*

1 2 Dade

Catoosa Whitfield

Walker

Murray

Chattooga

G1o6rdon

Floyd
18

Bartow
17

6 Fannin

Towns Union

Rabun

3 4 5 7 Gilmer 14 12 11 10 89 28 Pickens

Lumpkin

White

Habersham Stephens

Dawson

Franklin Hart Banks Hall

Cherokee Forsyth

15 13

27 29 Jackson Madison Elbert

Deficit Adequate Surplus

21 Polk

Gwinnett Barrow Clarke

Cobb
25 Paulding 23 Haralson

Walton

Oconee

Oglethorpe Wilkes

Lincoln

19 20 22 24 26 30 31 Carroll 41 40 38 36 35 3433 32 Heard

Douglas Fulton Dekalb

Clayton-
39

Rockdale Newton

Morgan Greene Taliaferro

Columbia

McDuffie

Fayette Coweta

Henry

Jasper Putnam

Spalding Butts

Warren Hancock Glascock

Richmond Burke

37 Meriwether

Baldwin

Jefferson

42 47 49 50 Pike Lamar Monroe Jones

Washington

44 45 Troup 46 48 54 Harris

Upson

Bibb

Wilkinson

Talbot

Crawford

Twiggs

Jenkins Johnson Emanuel

Screven
51

43 57 53 Muscogee

Taylor Peach

Laurens

67 60 55 Marion 63 Chattahoochee

Houston Bleckley Macon

66 59 58 56 Schley

Pulaski Dodge

Treutlen

Bulloch Candler

Montgomery

Evans

Effingham

Stewart

68

Dooly

64 62

Wheeler Toombs

52 Bryan Chatham

69Webster Sumter

70 Quitman

Terrell Lee

Randolph

65 Wilcox
Crisp
87 Ben Hill
Turner

Telfair
61 Jeff Davis 89

Tattnall

Liberty

Appling
91

Long
92

Clay Early
71

76 Calhoun Dougherty
Baker

79
Worth

Irwin
86

77 Tift 85

78

Berrien
80

Coffee
88
Atkinson

Bac9on0

Wayne

McIntosh

94 PPieIErRcCeE

93Glynn

Brantley

Ware

Miller
72
Seminole
Decatur

Mitchell Grady

Colquitt Cook

84 83
Lanier Clinch

Thomas Brooks Lowndes

Charlton
95

Camden
96

73 74 75 81

82 Echols

In 2008, there are the same number of PCSAs with a physician deficit, as in 2006.
The top three areas of surplus are: Area 55: Candler Area 4: Fannin Area 90: Bacon
The bottom three areas of deficit are: Area 86: Irwin Area 36: Jasper, Newton Area 39: Clayton
The adequate range for family medicine physicians in PCSAs in 2008 (based on +/- 1.0 standard deviation) is 13.1 to 39.9.
There are 74 PCSAs that have an adequate number of family medicine physicians, but geographic distribution continues to be a problem.
In 2008, there was a slight increase in the rate of family medicine physicians per 100,000 population and an increase in number.

* A PCSA (Primary Care Service Area) is categorized as deficit, adequate, or surplus based on the +/-1 standard deviation of the physician rate per 100,000 in 2008.

Family Medicine Physicians (by Gender)

100%

79.4 79.0 80%

77.4 77.7

71.0

70.0

60%

40%

29.0 30.0

20.6

21.0

22.6

22.3

20%

Family Medicine Physicians by Gender, MSA/Non-MSA and Year (percent)

GENDER MSA
Male
Female Non-MSA
Male
Female

2006 68.2 31.8 79.8 20.2

2008 67.7 32.3 78.2 21.8

0% 1998

2000

2002 Male

2004 2006 Female

2008
9

INTERNAL MEDICINE
PROFILE - 2008
TOP 10 PRIMARY CARE SERVICE AREAS (PCSAs) BY NUMBER OF INTERNAL MEDICINE PHYSICIANS

RANK*
1. Area 22: Fulton (554) 2. Area 23: DeKalb (277) 3. Area 21: Cobb, Paulding (163) 4. Area 25: Gwinnett (138) 5. Area 31: Columbia, Lincoln, Richmond (138) 6. Area 52: Bryan, Chatham, Effingham, Liberty (100) 7. Area 46: Bibb, Crawford, Jones, Peach, Taylor,
Twiggs, Wilkinson (75) 8. Area 27: Barrow, Clarke, Jackson, Madison,
Morgan, Oconee, Oglethorpe (69) 9. Area 11: Dawson, Hall, White (55) 10. Area 43: Chattahoochee, Harris, Marion, Muscogee,
Talbot (48)
* Numbers correspond to rank. ** Numbers in parenthesis represent the number of physicians.

9

3

4

8

2 1

7 10

5
6
PIERCE

Internal Medicine Physician Supply

Number

3,000 2,500 2,000

2,652

2,506

2,471 2,500

2,264

1,971

1,500

1,000

500

0 1998

2002

2006

2000

2004

2008

10

Between 1998 and 2008, the number of internal medicine physicians in Georgia increased 26.8%.
In 2008, there were three PCSAs that had no internal medicine physicians in their region. This includes the following counties: Quitman, Randolph, Stewart, Webster, and Wheeler.
Internal medicine experienced a decrease in the rate per 100,000 population in 2006 and 2008.
The top 10 PCSAs for number of practicing internal medicine physicians have all or most of the area located in a Metropolitan Statistical Areas.

Internal Medicine

Internal Medicine Physician Distribution - 2008 Deficit, Adequate, and Surplus PCSAs*

Dade

Catoosa Whitfield

Fannin

Towns Rabun Union

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Walker 16 12 11 10 8 Chattooga
18 17 1154 13 9 28 Floyd

Murray Gordon
Bartow

Gilmer

White Habersham

Pickens

Lumpkin
Dawson Hall

Stephens Banks Franklin Hart

Cherokee Forsyth

Jackson

Elbert

Madison

27 29 Polk 21Cobb
25 Paulding
Haralson

Gwinnett Barrow Clarke Oglethrope

Dekalb

Oconee Walton

Wilkes

Lincoln

23 26 30 Douglas Fulton

Rockdale

19 20 22 24 31 Carroll

Clayton

Newton Morgan

Greene Taliaferro

Columbia

McDuffie

39 38 36 34 32 Coweta Fayette Henry

Jasper

41 40 Heard

Spalding Butts

Putnam

Warren Hancock
Glascock

Richmond

42 37 3547 33 50 Meriwether Pike Lamar Monroe 49 Troup

Baldwin Jones

Jefferson Washington

Burke

44 45 46 48 54 Harris

Upson

Bibb

Wilkinson

Talbot

Crawford

Twiggs

Jenkins
Johnson Emanuel

Deficit Adequate Surplus
Screven
51

43 67 57 55 53 Muscogee 63 60 Marion
Chattahoochee

Taylor Peach
Houston Macon

Laurens Bleckley

Treutlen

Candler

Montgomery

Bulloch Effingham

66 59 58 56 Schley 68 64 62 52 Stewart
69 65 Webster Sumter

Dooly

Pulaski Wilcox

Dodge

Wheeler Telfair
Jeff

Toombs

Evans Tatnall

Bryan Liberty

Chatham

61 Quitman

Terrell Lee

Crisp

Ben Hill

Davis Appling

Long

70 87 89 91 92 Randolph

Turner

76 Clay Calhoun Dougherty

Early
71

Baker

Miller
72
Seminole

Mitchell

79 I8rw6in

Coffee

Worth
77 Tift 85

88

78

Berrien
80

Atkinson

Colquitt Cook

83 84
Lanier Clinch

Decatur Grady Thomas Brooks

73

74

75

81

Lowndes82 Echols

Bacon
90

Wayne

McIntosh

PPIiEeRrCcEe

94
Ware

93 Glynn
Brantley

Charlton
95

Camden 96

* A PCSA (Primary Care Service Area) is categorized as deficit, adequate, or surplus based on the +/-1 standard deviation of the physician rate per 100,000 in 2008.

In 2008, there are six more PCSAs in deficit than in 2006.
The top three areas of surplus are: Area 22: Fulton Area 47: Baldwin Area 31: Columbia, Lincoln, Richmond
The bottom three areas of deficit are: Area 59: Wheeler Area 69: Stewart, Webster Area 70: Quitman, Randolph
The adequate range for internal medicine physicians in PCSAs in 2008 (based on +/- 1.0 standard deviation) is 16.4 to 36.0.
There are 55 PCSAs that have an adequate number of internal medicine physicians, and 33 that have a deficit.

Internal Medicine Physicians (by Gender)
100%

Internal Medicine Physicians by Gender, MSA/Non-MSA and Year (percent)

80% 76.9 76.5 60%

78.7 78.1

69.2 68.5

40%

30.8 31.5

23.1

23.5

21.3 21.9

20%

GENDER MSA
Male
Female Non-MSA
Male
Female

2006 67.3 32.7 80.3 19.7

2008 66.8 33.2 78.7 21.3

0% 1998

2000

2002 Male

2004 2006 Female

2008
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PEDIATRICS
PROFILE - 2008
TOP 10 PRIMARY CARE SERVICE AREAS (PCSAs) BY NUMBER OF PEDIATRICIANS

RANK*
1. Area 22: Fulton (290) 2. Area 23: DeKalb (235) 3. Area 25: Gwinnett (138) 4. Area 21: Cobb, Paulding (120) 5. Area 31: Columbia, Lincoln, Richmond (98) 6. Area 52: Bryan, Chatham, Effingham, Liberty (73) 7. Area 46: Bibb, Crawford, Jones, Peach, Taylor,
Twiggs, Wilkinson (38) 8. Area 39: Clayton (37) 9. Area 27: Barrow, Clarke, Jackson, Madison, Morgan,
Oconee, Oglethorpe (37) 10. Area 43: Chattahoochee, Harris, Marion, Muscogee,
Talbot (32)
* Numbers correspond to rank. ** Numbers in parenthesis represent the number of physicians.

4

3

9

2

18

7 10

5
6
PIERCE

Number

Pediatrician Physician Supply

2,000

1,500

1,495 1,588 1,548 1,583 1,402 1,280

1,000

500

0

1998

2002

2006

2000

2004

2008 12

Between 1998 and 2008, the number of pediatricians in Georgia increased 23.7%.
In 2008, there were 22 PCSAs that did not have a pediatrician in their region (this is approximately 22.9% of the state's PCSAs and 3.4% of Georgia's population).
The number of pediatricians increased slightly between 2006 and 2008; however, the rate has decreased in 2006 and 2008.
The top four PCSAs for number of practicing pediatricians are in the Atlanta Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Pediatrics

Pediatrics Physician Distribution - 2008 Deficit, Adequate, and Surplus PCSAs*

4 6 Dade

Catoosa Whitfield

Fannin

Towns Rabun Union

1 2 3 5 7 8 Deficit Walker 12 Adequate Chattooga
18 1167 1154 11 10 9 28 Surplus Floyd

Murray Gordon
Bartow

Gilmer

White Habersham Lumpkin

Pickens

Stephens

Dawson

Banks Franklin Hart

Cherokee

Forsyth
13

Hall Jackson

Elbert Madison

21 27 29 Polk Cobb Paulding
25 Haralson

Gwinnett Dekalb

Barrow Walton

Clarke Oglethorpe

Oconee

Wilkes

Lincoln

23 26 30 Douglas Fulton

Rockdale

19 20 22 24 34 31 Carroll

Clayton
39

Newton Morgan Greene Taliaferro

Columbia

McDuffie

41 4037 38 36 35 33 32 Heard

Coweta Fayette Henry Spalding Butts

Putnam Jasper

Warren
Hancock Glascock

Richmond

Baldwin

Jefferson

Burke

42 47 50 Pike Lamar Monroe 44 45 49 Troup Meriwether

Jones

Washington

46 48 54 Upson

Bibb

Wilkinson

Jenkins

Screven

Harris Talbot

Crawford

Twiggs

Johnson

51

Emanuel

43 57 53 Taylor

Peach

Laurens

55 Muscogee

Bleckley

67 63 60 Marion
Chattahoochee

Macon Houston

Pulaski

66 59 56 Schley

68 64 62 58 52 Stewart

Dooly

69Webster Sumter

Wilcox

Dodge

Treutlen

Bulloch Effingham Candler

Montgomery

Wheeler Telfair

Evans Tattnall Toombs

Bryan Liberty

Chatham

70 65 61 Quitman

Terrell Lee

Crisp

Ben Hill

Jeff Davis Appling

Long

87 89 91 92 Randolph

Turner

Irwin

Coffee Bacon

Wayne

McIntosh

79 86 90 Clay Calhoun Dougherty

71 76 77 85 88 94 93 Early

Baker

Worth

Tift Berrien

78 80 Miller

Mitchell

Colquitt

Cook

Atkinson

PPieIErRcCeE

Ware

Brantley

Glynn

72 84 83 Seminole 73 74 75 81 82 95 96 Decatur

Grady

Thomas

Lanier Clinch

Brooks Lowndes

Echols

Charlton

Camden

* A PCSA (Primary Care Service Area) is categorized as deficit, adequate, or surplus based on the +/-1 standard deviation of the physician rate per 100,000 in 2008.

In 2008, there were 53 (55.2%) of the PCSAs in deficit. This worsened since 2006, where 48 (50.0%) PCSAs were in deficit.
The top three areas of surplus: Area 23: DeKalb Area 31: Columbia, Lincoln, Richmond Area 22: Fulton
There are 22 PCSAs that have no pediatricians. These areas include 25 counties (Bacon, Berrien, Candler, Clinch, Cook, Early, Elbert, Evans, Grady, Hancock, Hart, Jeff Davis, Jenkins, Lanier, Pickens, Quitman, Rabun, Randolph, Screven, Stewart, Tattnall, Telfair, Towns, Webster, Wheeler).
The adequate range for pediatric physicians in PCSAs in 2008 (based on +/- 1.0 standard deviation) is 10.1 to 23.1.
The number of PCSAs, with a surplus, remained the same between 2006 and 2008.

Pediatricians (by Gender)
100%

80%

57.9 60%

55.4

56.6

59.7

53.8 53.4

42.1

44.6

43.4

46.2 40.3

46.6

40%

20%

Pediatricians by Gender, MSA/Non-MSA and Year
(percent)

GENDER MSA
Male
Female Non-MSA
Male
Female

2006 45.6 54.4 51.1 48.9

2008 45.5 54.5 56.3 43.7

0% 1998

2000

2002

2004

Male Female

2006

2008
13

OB/GYN
PROFILE - 2008
TOP 10 PRIMARY CARE SERVICE AREAS (PCSAs) BY NUMBER OF OB/GYN PHYSICIANS

RANK*
1. Area 22: Fulton (235) 2. Area 23: DeKalb (78) 3. Area 21: Cobb, Paulding (78) 4. Area 31: Columbia, Lincoln, Richmond (67) 5. Area 25: Gwinnett (61) 6. Area 52: Bryan, Chatham, Effingham, Liberty (43) 7. Area 46: Crawford, Jones, Peach, Taylor, Twiggs,
Wilkinson (35) 8. Area 27: Barrow, Clarke, Jackson, Madison, Morgan,
Oconee, Oglethorpe (29) 9. Area 76: Baker, Calhoun, Clay, Dougherty, Lee,
Mitchell, Terrell (25) 10. Area 43: Chattahoochee, Harris, Marion, Muscogee,
Talbot (25)
* Numbers correspond to county code. ** Numbers in parenthesis represent the number of physicians.

3

5

8

2 1

7
10

9

4
6
PIERCE

OB/GYN Physician Supply

1,500

1,138 1,171

986

1,027 1,041

1,000 903

Number

500

0 1998

2002

2006

2000

2004

2008

Between 1998 and 2008, the number of OB/GYN physicians in Georgia increased by 13.7%. During that same time, Georgia's population increased 24.8%, and Georgia's female population age 13 and over increased 22.6%.* Source: Georgia
Division of Public Health http://oasis.state.ga.us
In 2008, there were 28 PCSAs that had no OB/GYN in their region (this is 29.2% of the state's PCSAs and 4.5% of the state's population).
The rate of OB/GYN physicians has decreased between 2004 and 2006 and between 2006 and 2008.
In 2008, 87.2% of Georgia's OB/GYN physicians indicated that they delivered babies. This is a decrease from 1996, where 93.1% of OB/GYN's indicated that they delivered babies, however, the number of pregnancies in Georgia increased 19.5% between 1996 and 2008. *Source: Georgia Division
of Public Health http://oasis.state.ga.us
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OB/GYN

OB/GYN Physician Distribution - 2008 Deficit, Adequate, and Surplus PCSAs*

1 2 Dade

Catoosa Whitfield

Fannin
34

Towns

Union
5

6

Rabun
7

Deficit

Walker
8 Adequate Chattooga 18 1167 1154 1312 11 10 9 28 Surplus Floyd

Murray Gordon
Bartow

Gilmer

White Habersham

Lumpkin

Stephens

Pickens Dawson
Cherokee Forsyth

Banks Franklin Hart Hall

Jackson

Elbert

Madison

27 29 Polk 21Cobb
Paulding
25 Haralson

Gwinnett Dekalb

Barrow Walton

Clarke Oglethorpe

Oconee

Wilkes

Lincoln

19 20 22 23 26 30 31 Carroll

Douglas

Fulton Clayton

Rockdale
24 Newton

Morgan

Greene

Taliaferro

Columbia

McDuffie

39 38 36 34 32 Coweta Fayette Henry

Putnam

Warren

Richmond

41 40 35 Heard

Spalding Butts Jasper

Hancock Glascock

37 33 Baldwin

Jefferson

Burke

42 47 50 Meriwether Pike Lamar Monroe Jones 49 Troup

Washington

44 45 46 48 54 51 Harris

Upson

Bibb

Wilkinson

Talbot

Crawford

Twiggs

Johnson

Jenkins Emanuel

Screven

6943 68 66 6567 6463 62 6059 5857 5556 53 52 CMhuSastttecaowhgaoeroteWcMheeabersiotenrSchlTeSayuymloMrtearconPDeoHaocolyhustoPnWulailBcsokleixckleDyodgeLauTreeWlnfashireeleTMrJreeoufnftltegTnoomoemrybsCaTnadttlnearEllvaBnsullochLibBerEyrtafyfninghaCmhatham

61 Quitman

Terrell Lee

Crisp

Ben Hill

Davis Appling

Long

70 87 89 91 92 Randolph

Turner

Irwin

Coffee Bacon

Wayne McIntosh

79 86 90 Clay Calhoun Dougherty

76 77 85 88 94 Early

Baker

71 78 80 93 Miller

Mitchell

Worth Colquitt

Tift Atkinson
Berrien Cook

PPieIErRcCeE

Ware

Brantley

Glynn

72 84 83 Seminole

Lanier Clinch

Charlton

Camden

95 96 Decatur Grady Thomas Brooks Lowndes

73 74 75 81

82Echols

* A PCSA (Primary Care Service Area) is categorized as deficit, adequate, or surplus based on the +/-1 standard deviation of the physician rate per 100,000 in 2008.

In 2008, there are 40 PCSAs in deficit (41.7%). This is a decrease from 2006 where 42 areas (43.8%) were in deficit.
The top three areas of surplus are: Area 34: Greene Area 22: Fulton Area 64: Pulaski, Wilcox
There are 28 PCSAs that have no OB/GYN physicians. These areas include 34 counties (Berrien, Bleckley, Brooks, Candler, Charlton, Clinch, Dooly, Early, Elbert, Gilmer, Glascock, Grady, Hancock, Hart, Jeff Davis, Jefferson, Jenkins, Lanier, Macon, McDuffie, Monroe, Quitman, Rabun, Randolph, Screven, Stewart, Taliaferro, Telfair, Towns, Warren, Webster, Wheeler, Wilkes, Worth).
The adequate range for OB/GYN physicians in PCSAs in 2008 (based on +/- 1.0 standard deviation) is 5.7 to 16.1.
OB/GYN also saw no change in the number of areas of surplus in 2008.

OB/GYN Physicians (by Gender)
100%

80% 72.7 70.5 60%

71.1

69.7

60.3

61.0

39.7

39.0

40%

27.3

29.5

28.9

30.3

20%

0% 1998

2000

2002 Male

2004 2006 Female

2008

OB/GYN Physicians by Gender, MSA/Non-MSA and Year (percent)

GENDER MSA
Male
Female Non-MSA
Male
Female

2006 58.6 41.4 71.8 28.2

2008 59.6 40.4 70.7 29.3

15

GENERAL SURGERY
PROFILE - 2008
TOP 10 PRIMARY CARE SERVICE AREAS (PCSAs) BY NUMBER OF GENERAL SURGEONS

RANK*
1. Area 22: Fulton (138) 2. Area 23: DeKalb (59) 3. Area 31: Columbia, Lincoln, Richmond (54) 4. Area 52: Bryan, Chatham, Effingham, Liberty (42) 5. Area 21: Cobb, Paulding (39) 6. Area 46: Crawford, Jones, Peach, Taylor, Twiggs,
Wilkinson (28) 7. Area 43: Chattahoochee, Harris, Marion, Muscogee,
Talbot (24) 8. Area 25: Gwinnett (24) 9. Area 27: Barrow, Clarke, Jackson, Madison,
Morgan, Oconee, Oglethorpe (17) 10. Area 11: Dawson, Hall, White (17)
* Numbers correspond to rank. ** Numbers in parenthesis represent the number of physicians.

10

5

8

9

2

1

6 7

3
4
PIERCE

General Surgery Physician Supply
1,000
708 771 726 733 699 730
500

Number

0 1998

2002

2006

2000

2004

2008

Between 1998 and 2008, the number of general surgery physicians increased by 3.1%. This translates into 22 more general surgeons added during this time. This is the smallest increase of the core specialties examined in this document.
In 2008, there were 22 PCSAs with no general surgery physician in their region (this is approximately 22.9% of the state's PCSAs and 3.1% of the state's population). In 2006, there were 20 PCSAs with no general surgery physician.
The top five PCSAs for number of practicing general surgery physicians are in Metropolitan Statistical Areas.
The rate of general surgery physicians has decreased since 2000. The number of general surgery physicians increased between 2006 and 2008, but the rate dropped slightly due to the population growing faster than the number of general surgery physicians.
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General Surgery

General Surgery Physician Distribution - 2008 Deficit, Adequate, and Surplus PCSAs*

1 2 Dade

Catoosa Whitfield

Walker

Murray

Chattooga
18

Gordon
16
Bartow

3Fannin4

Towns

Union
5

6

Rabun
7

Gilmer

White Habersham

12 8 Pickens

Lumpkin

Stephens

14 11 10 Dawson

Banks Franklin

9 Cherokee Forsyth Hall

Hart
28

Deficit Adequate Surplus

17 15 13 Floyd

Jackson

Elbert

Madison

21 27 29 Polk Cobb Paulding
25 Haralson

Gwinnett Dekalb

Barrow Walton

Clarke Oglethorpe

Oconee

Wilkes

Lincoln

19 20 22 23 24 26 34 30 31 Carroll

Douglas Fulton Clayton

Rockdale Newton Morgan

Greene

Taliaferro

Columbia

McDuffie

41 4039 38 36 35 32 Heard

Fayette Coweta

Henry

Jasper

Spalding Butts

Putnam

Warren Hancock Glascock

Richmond

42 37 33 50 Meriwether Pike Lamar Monroe 47 49 Troup

Baldwin Jones

Jefferson Washington

Burke

44 45 46 48 54 Harris

Upson

Talbot

Crawford

Bibb

Wilkinson

Twiggs

Johnson

Jenkins Emanuel

Screven
51

43
Muscogee Marion
Chattahoochee

Taylor

Peach 67

Macon Houston

Bleckley
63

60 57 55 53 Laurens

Treutlen

Candler Bulloch Effingham

66 59 56 Schley 68 64 62 58 52 Stewart Webster Sumter

69 65 61 Quitman

Terrell Lee

70 87 89 91 92 Randolph

Dooly

Pulaski

Dodge

Wilcox

Crisp Turner

Ben Hill

Montgomery

Wheeler

Evans Tattnall Toombs

Bryan

Telfair Jeff

Liberty

Davis Appling

Long

Chatham

79 86 90 Clay Calhoun Dougherty Worth

76 77 85 88 94 93 Early

Baker

Irwin Tift
Berrien

71 78 80 Miller

Mitchell

Colquitt

Cook

Coffee Bacon

Wayne

Atkinson

PPieIErRcCeE

Ware

Brantley

McIntosh Glynn

72 84 83 Seminole

Lanier Clinch

Charlton

Camden

95 96 Decatur Grady Thomas Brooks

73

74

75

81 82 Lowndes Echols

* A PCSA (Primary Care Service Area) is categorized as deficit, adequate, or surplus based on the +/-1 standard deviation of the physician rate per 100,000 in 2008.

In 2008, there are 25 PCSAs in deficit (26.0%). This is down from 2006, when 27 PCSAs were in deficit.
The top three areas of surplus are: Area 70: Randolph, Quitman Area 72: Miller, Seminole Area 34: Greene
There are 22 PCSAs that have no general surgery physicians. These areas include 25 counties (Berrien, Bleckley, Brooks, Candler, Charlton, Clinch, Cook, Early, Franklin, Hancock, Irwin, Jefferson, Jenkins, Lanier, Monroe, Pulaski, Putnam, Screven, Stewart, Taliaferro, Towns, Webster, Wheeler, Wilcox, Wilkes).
The adequate range for general surgery physicians in PCSAs in 2008 (based on +/- 1.0 standard deviation) is 3.1 to 12.3.
General surgery has experienced an increase in areas of surplus in 2008 (16 in 2008, 14 in 2006, and 12 in 2004).

General Surgery Physicians (by Gender)

100% 94.2

92.2

93.7

93.3

91.4

91.3

General Surgery Physicians by Gender, MSA/Non-MSA and Year (percent)

80%

GENDER

2006

2008

MSA

60%

Male

89.8

89.7

Female

10.2

10.3

40%

Non-MSA

Male

99.1

99.2

20%

5.8

7.8

6.3

6.7

8.6

8.7

Female

0.9

0.8

0% 1998

2000

2002

2004

Male Female

2006

2008
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GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION Primary Care/Core
PHYSICIANS BY SPECIALTY BY COUNTY, GEORGIA, 2008
Number, Rate and Rank
NUMBER OF PHYSICIANS BY SPECIALTY 1

County

Population

PRIMARY CARE (Generalists)

TOTAL

OB/GYN

General Surgery ALL SPEC.

2008

Family Practice Internal Medicine

Pediatrics

# Rate2 Rank3 # Rate Rank # Rate Rank # Rate Rank # Rate Rank #

Appling

17,905 6 33.5 59 5 27.9 31 3 16.8 26 2 11.2 34 2 11.2

Atkinson

8,165 3 36.7 44 0 0.0 128 0 0.0 100 0 0.0 84 0 0.0

Bacon

10,564 7 66.3 10 4 37.9 14 0 0.0 100 2 18.9 13 1 9.5

Baker

3,744 1 26.7 84 2 53.4 3 0 0.0 100 0 0.0 84 0 0.0

Baldwin

46,521 16 34.4 55 23 49.4 5 6 12.9 44 6 12.9 28 7 15.0

Banks

16,443 1 6.1 153 3 18.2 69 0 0.0 100 0 0.0 84 0 0.0

Barrow

67,170 15 22.3 105 5 7.4 115 5 7.4 78 1 1.5 82 2 3.0

Bartow

92,717 27 29.1 73 17 18.3 66 6 6.5 84 5 5.4 63 6 6.5

Ben Hill

17,724 6 33.9 58 4 22.6 46 1 5.6 86 1 5.6 61 3 16.9

Berrien

16,690 6 35.9 48 1 6.0 121 0 0.0 100 0 0.0 84 0 0.0

Bibb

154,891 74 47.8 21 73 47.1 8 38 24.5 9 35 22.6 8 27 17.4

Bleckley

12,827 5 39.0 32 3 23.4 42 1 7.8 76 0 0.0 84 0 0.0

Brantley

15,434 2 13.0 143 0 0.0 128 1 6.5 83 0 0.0 84 0 0.0

Brooks

16,344 4 24.5 93 1 6.1 120 1 6.1 85 0 0.0 84 0 0.0

Bryan

30,084 6 19.9 116 6 19.9 56 3 10.0 60 2 6.6 58 0 0.0

Bulloch

66,412 14 21.1 114 12 18.1 72 9 13.6 42 9 13.6 25 4 6.0

Burke

22,823 8 35.1 52 2 8.8 110 1 4.4 91 1 4.4 70 1 4.4

Butts

23,644 5 21.1 112 6 25.4 35 2 8.5 71 0 0.0 84 0 0.0

Calhoun

5,988 4 66.8 8 0 0.0 128 1 16.7 27 0 0.0 84 0 0.0

Camden

47,365 10 21.1 113 11 23.2 43 7 14.8 32 5 10.6 39 4 8.4

Candler

10,432 7 67.1 7 3 28.8 29 0 0.0 100 0 0.0 84 0 0.0

Carroll

111,928 30 26.8 83 18 16.1 83 14 12.5 49 10 8.9 46 9 8.0

Catoosa

62,457 24 38.4 35 10 16.0 84 9 14.4 36 9 14.4 22 8 12.8

Charlton

10,592 6 56.6 14 2 18.9 60 1 9.4 67 0 0.0 84 0 0.0

Chatham

248,596 87 35.0 54 78 31.4 23 57 22.9 12 35 14.1 23 37 14.9

Chattahoochee

13,905 15 107.9 2 3 21.6 50 1 7.2 80 1 7.2 56 2 14.4

Chattooga

26,870 10 37.2 42 1 3.7 126 0 0.0 100 1 3.7 73 0 0.0

Cherokee

203,890 39 19.1 122 28 13.7 93 22 10.8 56 11 5.4 62 4 2.0

Clarke

113,457 34 30.0 69 51 45.0 9 22 19.4 20 27 23.8 6 12 10.6

Clay

3,181 0 0.0 154 1 31.4 22 1 31.4 3 0 0.0 84 0 0.0

Clayton

272,705 32 11.7 144 44 16.1 82 37 13.6 41 20 7.3 53 16 5.9

Clinch

6,964 1 14.4 139 2 28.7 30 0 0.0 100 0 0.0 84 0 0.0

Cobb

691,496 134 19.4 120 157 22.7 44 118 17.1 25 77 11.1 35 37 5.4

1 Source: Georgia Composite Medical Board, Georgia Physician Survey, 2008. Population: Governor's Office of Planning and Budget, State of Georgia. 2 Rate per 100,000 population 3 Rank ordered by rate per 100,000 population.

18

28

25

92

5

39

17

92

3

16 129

92

7

84

46

56 126

9

20

92

11

8 621

92

10

92

4

92

6

92

19

57

91

70

19

92

19

92

10

44

76

92

14

46 185

21 151

92

13

17 774

18

31

92

19

88 180

32 391

92

2

58 333

92

3

60 1,225

GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION Primary Care/Core
PHYSICIANS BY SPECIALTY BY COUNTY, GEORGIA, 2008
Number, Rate and Rank

County

Population

PRIMARY CARE (Generalists)

TOTAL

OB/GYN

General Surgery ALL SPEC.

2008

Family Practice Internal Medicine

Pediatrics

# Rate2 Rank3 # Rate Rank # Rate Rank # Rate Rank # Rate Rank #

Coffee

40,353 10 24.8 92 6 14.9 89 5 12.4 50 3 7.4

Colquitt

44,718 12 26.8 82 8 17.9 73 3 6.7 82 3 6.7

Columbia

108,859 28 25.7 88 20 18.4 65 10 9.2 69 5 4.6

Cook

16,401 8 48.8 19 2 12.2 96 0 0.0 100 1 6.1

Coweta

118,964 16 13.4 140 18 15.1 87 10 8.4 72 5 4.2

Crawford

12,540 2 15.9 130 0 0.0 128 0 0.0 100 0 0.0

Crisp

22,179 6 27.1 81 7 31.6 21 5 22.5 13 4 18.0

Dade

16,195 7 43.2 26 3 18.5 64 3 18.5 22 0 0.0

Dawson

21,602 9 41.7 28 1 4.6 125 3 13.9 39 0 0.0

Decatur

28,543 10 35.0 53 4 14.0 92 3 10.5 57 3 10.5

DeKalb

733,746 190 25.9 87 277 37.8 16 235 32.0 2 78 10.6

Dodge

19,772 9 45.5 24 6 30.3 24 5 25.3 7 3 15.2

Dooly

11,536 6 52.0 18 2 17.3 78 0 0.0 100 0 0.0

Dougherty

95,301 26 27.3 79 40 42.0 11 21 22.0 15 24 25.2

Douglas

124,324 20 16.1 129 22 17.7 75 23 18.5 23 9 7.2

Early

11,807 4 33.9 57 2 16.9 79 0 0.0 100 0 0.0

Echols

4,155 1 24.1 97 0 0.0 128 0 0.0 100 0 0.0

Effingham

50,838 10 19.7 118 5 9.8 103 0 0.0 100 1 2.0

Elbert

20,613 7 34.0 56 5 24.3 40 0 0.0 100 0 0.0

Emanuel

22,554 7 31.0 64 2 8.9 109 1 4.4 89 2 8.9

Evans

11,395 4 35.1 51 2 17.6 76 0 0.0 100 2 17.6

Fannin

22,555 15 66.5 9 3 13.3 94 2 8.9 70 1 4.4

Fayette

105,933 32 30.2 67 40 37.8 15 23 21.7 16 22 20.8

Floyd

95,117 62 65.2 12 39 41.0 12 14 14.7 33 13 13.7

Forsyth

158,369 43 27.2 80 29 18.3 67 23 14.5 35 3 1.9

Franklin

21,833 9 41.2 29 2 9.2 107 1 4.6 88 2 9.2

Fulton

990,790 224 22.6 104 554 55.9 2 290 29.3 4 235 23.7

Gilmer

28,578 11 38.5 34 6 21.0 53 2 7.0 81 0 0.0

Glascock

2,769 1 36.1 47 0 0.0 128 0 0.0 100 0 0.0

Glynn

74,753 29 38.8 33 14 18.7 62 14 18.7 21 14 18.7

Gordon

52,005 19 36.5 45 11 21.2 52 5 9.6 64 5 9.6

Grady

24,911 8 32.1 60 5 20.1 55 0 0.0 100 0 0.0

Greene

15,736 7 44.5 25 4 25.4 34 2 12.7 45 4 25.4

1 Source: Georgia Composite Medical Board, Georgia Physician Survey, 2008. Population: Governor's Office of Planning and Budget, State of Georgia. 2 Rate per 100,000 population 3 Rank ordered by rate per 100,000 population.

52 4 9.9 57 3 6.7 67 1 0.9 60 0 0.0 71 8 6.7 84 0 0.0 15 3 13.5 84 0 0.0 84 0 0.0 40 2 7.0 37 59 8.0 21 1 5.1 84 0 0.0
5 16 16.8 55 5 4.0 84 0 0.0 84 0 0.0 78 2 3.9 84 1 4.9 47 1 4.4 16 1 8.8 68 1 4.4 10 11 10.4 24 7 7.4 79 5 3.2 45 0 0.0
7 138 13.9 84 1 3.5 84 0 0.0 14 9 12.0 43 2 3.8 84 2 8.0
3 3 19.1

19

34

65

55

63

91 142

92

15

54 115

92

2

20

38

92

17

92

17

52

47

45 2,334

61

32

92

8

10 295

71 142

92

6

92

1

73

28

63

16

68

25

42

13

69

36

33 216

50 313

81 197

92

19

19 3,846

77

29

92

1

24 213

74

63

47

16

6

26

GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION Primary Care/Core
PHYSICIANS BY SPECIALTY BY COUNTY, GEORGIA, 2008
Number, Rate and Rank

County

Population

PRIMARY CARE (Generalists)

TOTAL

OB/GYN

General Surgery ALL SPEC.

2008

Family Practice Internal Medicine

Pediatrics

# Rate2 Rank3 # Rate Rank # Rate Rank # Rate Rank # Rate Rank #

Gwinnett

772,464 146 18.9 124 138 17.9 74 138 17.9 24 61 7.9 50 24 3.1 82 962

Habersham

42,164 7 16.6 127 9 21.3 51 4 9.5 66 2 4.7 66 4 9.5 38

40

Hall

178,838 39 21.8 108 54 30.2 25 25 14.0 38 19 10.6 38 16 8.9 41 374

Hancock

9,623 3 31.2 62 1 10.4 101 0 0.0 100 0 0.0 84 0 0.0 92

5

Haralson

28,708 7 24.4 94 3 10.5 100 1 3.5 95 0 0.0 84 1 3.5 78

15

Harris

29,112 2 6.9 152 2 6.9 118 0 0.0 100 1 3.4 75 0 0.0 92

13

Hart

24,123 6 24.9 91 7 29.0 27 0 0.0 100 0 0.0 84 3 12.4 23

22

Heard

11,424 1 8.8 150 0 0.0 128 0 0.0 100 0 0.0 84 0 0.0 92

1

Henry

184,902 44 23.8 98 18 9.7 105 21 11.4 53 16 8.7 48 6 3.2 79 210

Houston

131,291 31 23.6 99 33 25.1 38 17 12.9 43 14 10.7 36 6 4.6 67 210

Irwin

9,967 1 10.0 149 1 10.0 102 1 10.0 59 1 10.0 42 0 0.0 92

4

Jackson

59,727 11 18.4 125 3 5.0 122 3 5.0 87 1 1.7 80 1 1.7 89

25

Jasper

13,660 4 29.3 72 6 43.9 10 2 14.6 34 0 0.0 84 1 7.3 51

16

Jeff Davis

13,237 3 22.7 102 3 22.7 45 0 0.0 100 0 0.0 84 2 15.1 15

11

Jefferson

16,385 5 30.5 66 3 18.3 68 2 12.2 51 0 0.0 84 0 0.0 92

18

Jenkins

8,542 2 23.4 100 1 11.7 98 0 0.0 100 0 0.0 84 0 0.0 92

3

Johnson

9,414 2 21.2 111 3 31.9 20 0 0.0 100 0 0.0 84 0 0.0 92

6

Jones

27,279 4 14.7 136 0 0.0 128 0 0.0 100 0 0.0 84 0 0.0 92

6

Lamar

16,930 6 35.4 50 0 0.0 128 0 0.0 100 2 11.8 32 0 0.0 92

8

Lanier

8,015 3 37.4 39 1 12.5 95 0 0.0 100 0 0.0 84 0 0.0 92

5

Laurens

47,480 17 35.8 49 23 48.4 6 6 12.6 48 8 16.8 17 6 12.6 22 120

Lee

33,028 5 15.1 133 1 3.0 127 1 3.0 96 0 0.0 84 0 0.0 92

15

Liberty

60,542 8 13.2 142 11 18.2 70 13 21.5 17 5 8.3 49 3 5.0 62

71

Lincoln

8,031 3 37.4 41 0 0.0 128 0 0.0 100 0 0.0 84 0 0.0 92

3

Long

11,238 0 0.0 154 1 8.9 108 0 0.0 100 0 0.0 84 0 0.0 92

2

Lowndes

101,715 23 22.6 103 21 20.6 54 8 7.9 75 12 11.8 33 12 11.8 25 180

Lumpkin

26,607 7 26.3 86 2 7.5 114 1 3.8 93 2 7.5 51 3 11.3 27

29

Macon

13,354 5 37.4 38 2 15.0 88 1 7.5 77 0 0.0 84 1 7.5 49

15

Madison

27,780 4 14.4 138 2 7.2 116 3 10.8 55 0 0.0 84 0 0.0 92

12

Marion

7,048 3 42.6 27 0 0.0 128 0 0.0 100 0 0.0 84 0 0.0 92

5

McDuffie

21,526 8 37.2 43 4 18.6 63 2 9.3 68 0 0.0 84 1 4.6 66

20

McIntosh

11,453 2 17.5 126 0 0.0 128 0 0.0 100 0 0.0 84 0 0.0 92

3

Meriwether

22,788 7 30.7 65 5 21.9 49 1 4.4 90 1 4.4 69 0 0.0 92

22

1 Source: Georgia Composite Medical Board, Georgia Physician Survey, 2008. Population: Governor's Office of Planning and Budget, State of Georgia. 2 Rate per 100,000 population 3 Rank ordered by rate per 100,000 population.

20

GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION Primary Care/Core
PHYSICIANS BY SPECIALTY BY COUNTY, GEORGIA, 2008
Number, Rate and Rank
NUMBER OF PHYSICIANS BY SPECIALTY 1

County

Population

PRIMARY CARE (Generalists)

TOTAL

OB/GYN

General Surgery ALL SPEC.

2008

Family Practice Internal Medicine

Pediatrics

# Rate2 Rank3 # Rate Rank # Rate Rank # Rate Rank # Rate Rank #

Miller

6,164 6 97.3 3 1 16.2 81 1 16.2 29 0 0.0 84 1 16.2

Mitchell

24,086 9 37.4 40 2 8.3 111 2 8.3 74 1 4.2 72 0 0.0

Monroe

25,069 5 19.9 115 2 8.0 112 1 4.0 92 0 0.0 84 0 0.0

Montgomery

8,986 1 11.1 146 1 11.1 99 0 0.0 100 0 0.0 84 0 0.0

Morgan

18,185 3 16.5 128 3 16.5 80 0 0.0 100 0 0.0 84 1 5.5

Murray

40,729 6 14.7 135 4 9.8 104 1 2.5 97 1 2.5 77 1 2.5

Muscogee

186,613 114 61.1 13 42 22.5 47 31 16.6 28 23 12.3 30 22 11.8

Newton

95,739 7 7.3 151 18 18.8 61 8 8.4 73 3 3.1 76 2 2.1

Oconee

31,511 7 22.2 106 5 15.9 85 4 12.7 46 0 0.0 84 1 3.2

Oglethorpe

13,962 4 28.6 75 0 0.0 128 0 0.0 100 0 0.0 84 0 0.0

Paulding

127,903 13 10.2 148 6 4.7 124 2 1.6 99 1 0.8 83 2 1.6

Peach

26,184 5 19.1 123 2 7.6 113 0 0.0 100 0 0.0 84 1 3.8

Pickens

30,406 8 26.3 85 6 19.7 58 0 0.0 100 2 6.6 59 5 16.4

Pierce

17,851 5 28.0 77 0 0.0 128 0 0.0 100 0 0.0 84 0 0.0

Pike

17,193 2 11.6 145 0 0.0 128 2 11.6 52 0 0.0 84 0 0.0

Polk

41,447 19 45.8 23 2 4.8 123 1 2.4 98 0 0.0 84 1 2.4

Pulaski

9,803 4 40.8 30 5 51.0 4 1 10.2 58 4 40.8 1 0 0.0

Putnam

20,264 6 29.6 71 4 19.7 57 2 9.9 61 1 4.9 64 0 0.0

Quitman

2,649 0 0.0 154 0 0.0 128 0 0.0 100 0 0.0 84 0 0.0

Rabun

16,564 8 48.3 20 3 18.1 71 0 0.0 100 0 0.0 84 3 18.1

Randolph

7,284 5 68.6 5 0 0.0 128 0 0.0 100 0 0.0 84 2 27.5

Richmond

197,322 106 53.7 16 118 59.8 1 88 44.6 1 62 31.4 2 53 26.9

Rockdale

81,835 21 25.7 89 33 40.3 13 13 15.9 30 11 13.4 26 7 8.6

Schley

4,125 1 24.2 95 0 0.0 128 0 0.0 100 0 0.0 84 0 0.0

Screven

15,047 2 13.3 141 1 6.6 119 0 0.0 100 0 0.0 84 0 0.0

Seminole

9,012 2 22.2 107 2 22.2 48 2 22.2 14 2 22.2 9 2 22.2

Spalding

63,056 10 15.9 131 16 25.4 36 8 12.7 47 8 12.7 29 6 9.5

Stephens

25,214 5 19.8 117 6 23.8 41 6 23.8 11 4 15.9 19 4 15.9

Stewart

4,589 4 87.2 4 0 0.0 128 0 0.0 100 0 0.0 84 0 0.0

Sumter

32,560 7 21.5 110 9 27.6 33 5 15.4 31 4 12.3 31 3 9.2

Talbot

6,568 1 15.2 132 1 15.2 86 0 0.0 100 0 0.0 84 0 0.0

Taliaferro

1,848 2 108.2 1 0 0.0 128 0 0.0 100 0 0.0 84 0 0.0

Tattnall

22,976 15 65.3 11 4 17.4 77 0 0.0 100 0 0.0 84 0 0.0

1 Source: Georgia Composite Medical Board, Georgia Physician Survey, 2008. Population: Governor's Office of Planning and Budget, State of Georgia. 2 Rate per 100,000 population 3 Rank ordered by rate per 100,000 population.

21

12

9

92

17

92

9

92

3

59

9

85

17

26 513

87

81

80

30

92

4

90

35

75

13

11

40

92

5

92

4

86

32

92

22

92

16

92

0

7

27

1

8

2 1,260

43 156

92

1

92

4

3

11

36

94

13

41

92

4

40

45

92

2

92

2

92

19

GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION Primary Care/Core
PHYSICIANS BY SPECIALTY BY COUNTY, GEORGIA, 2008
Number, Rate and Rank
NUMBER OF PHYSICIANS BY SPECIALTY 1

County

Population

PRIMARY CARE (Generalists)

TOTAL

OB/GYN

General Surgery ALL SPEC.

2008

Family Practice Internal Medicine

Pediatrics

# Rate2 Rank3 # Rate Rank # Rate Rank # Rate Rank # Rate Rank #

Taylor Telfair Terrell Thomas Tift Toombs Towns Treutlen Troup Turner Twiggs Union Upson Walker Walton Ware Warren Washington Wayne Webster Wheeler White Whitfield Wilcox Wilkes Wilkinson Worth GEORGIA

8,655 2 23.1 101 0 0.0 128 0 0.0 100 0 0.0 84

13,298 5 37.6 36 4 30.1 26 0 0.0 100 0 0.0 84

10,258 2 19.5 119 0 0.0 128 1 9.7 63 0 0.0 84

45,301 21 46.4 22 16 35.3 17 12 26.5 5 6 13.2 27

42,152 12 28.5 76 14 33.2 18 11 26.1 6 8 19.0 12

27,767 7 25.2 90 9 32.4 19 7 25.2 8 7 25.2 4

10,849 6 55.3 15 3 27.7 32 0 0.0 100 0 0.0 84

6,905 1 14.5 137 0 0.0 128 0 0.0 100 0 0.0 84

63,398 7 11.0 147 16 25.2 37 7 11.0 54 10 15.8 20

9,380 3 32.0 61 0 0.0 128 0 0.0 100 0 0.0 84

10,218 0 0.0 154 0 0.0 128 0 0.0 100 0 0.0 84

20,894 11 52.6 17 2 9.6 106 2 9.6 65 2 9.6 44

27,547 8 29.0 74 4 14.5 90 1 3.6 94 2 7.3 54

64,558 18 27.9 78 0 0.0 128 0 0.0 100 1 1.5 81

83,241 18 21.6 109 10 12.0 97 6 7.2 79 3 3.6 74

35,931 13 36.2 46 17 47.3 7 7 19.5 18 6 16.7 18

5,865 4 68.2 6 0 0.0 128 0 0.0 100 0 0.0 84

20,853 4 19.2 121 6 28.8 28 5 24.0 10 1 4.8 65

28,996 9 31.0 63 2 6.9 117 4 13.8 40 3 10.3 41

2,266 0 0.0 154 0 0.0 128 0 0.0 100 0 0.0 84

6,783 1 14.7 134 0 0.0 128 0 0.0 100 0 0.0 84

24,873 6 24.1 96 0 0.0 128 0 0.0 100 0 0.0 84

92,707 28 30.2 68 23 24.8 39 18 19.4 19 18 19.4 11

8,668 0 0.0 154 0 0.0 128 0 0.0 100 0 0.0 84

10,241 4 39.1 31 2 19.5 59 1 9.8 62 0 0.0 84

10,031 3 29.9 70 0 0.0 128 0 0.0 100 0 0.0 84

21,315 8 37.5 37 3 14.1 91 3 14.1 37 0 0.0 84

9,533,761

2,524

2,500

1,583

1,041

0 0.0 1 7.5 0 0.0 7 15.5 4 9.5 3 10.8 0 0.0 0 0.0 7 11.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 4.8 3 10.9 2 3.1 3 3.6 7 19.5 0 0.0 4 19.2 2 6.9 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 4.0 9 9.7 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 4.7
730

92

3

48

10

92

3

14 160

37 102

31

57

92

15

92

1

29 109

92

4

92

1

64

34

30

39

83

40

76

59

4 132

92

4

5

25

53

33

92

0

92

1

72

10

35 202

92

0

92

14

92

4

65

19

19,046

1 Source: Georgia Composite Medical Board, Georgia Physician Survey, 2008. Population: Governor's Office of Planning and Budget, State of Georgia. 2 Rate per 100,000 population 3 Rank ordered by rate per 100,000 population.

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Metropolitan and Non-Metropolitan Statistical Areas in Georgia

DADE

CATOOSA

WHITFIELD

WALKER

MURRAY

CHATTOOGA

GORDON

FANNIN

TOWNS UNION

RABUN

GILMER PICKENS

HABER-

WHITE SHAM

LUMPKIN

STEPHENS

DAWSON

FRANKLIN HALL BANKS

HART

FLOYD

CHEROKEE FORSYTH BARTOW

JACKSON

ELBERT MADISON

POLK PAULDING COBB
HARALSON

GWINNETT

BARROW WALTON

CLARKE OCONEE

OGLETHORPE

WILKES

LINCOLN

DEKALB ROCKDALE DOUGLAS FULTON

CARROLL

CLAYTON

NEWTON MORGAN

GREENE TALIAFERRO

COLUMBIA MCDU-
FFIE

FAYETTE COWETA

HENRY

JASPER PUTNAM

WARREN

RICHMOND

HEARD

SPALDING BUTTS

HANCOCK GLASCOCK

TROUP

MERIWETHER

PIKE LAMAR MONROE

BALDWIN JONES

JEFFERSON WASHINGTON

BURKE

HARRIS

UPSON

TALBOT

CRAWFORD

BIBB

WILKINSON

TWIGGS

JOHNSON

JENKINS EMANUEL

SCREVEN

MUSCOGEE

TAYLOR

PEACH

MARION

MACON

HOUSTON BLECKLEY

CHATTAHOOCHEE

SCHLEY

PULASKI DODGE

DOOLY

STEWART WEBSTER

SUMTER

WILCOX CRISP

QUITMAN

TERRELL

LEE

RANDOLPH

TURNER

BEN HILL

LAURENS TREUTLEN

CANDLER BULLOCH EFFINGHAM

MONTGOM-
WHEELER ERY TOOMBS

EVANS

TATTNALL

BRYAN

TELFAIR
JEFF DAVIS

APPLING

LIBERTY LONG

CHATHAM

CLAY CALHOUN

DOUGHERTY WORTH

IRWIN TIFT

COFFEE

EARLY

BAKER

BERRIEN ATKINSON

MILLER

MITCHELL

SEMINOLE DECATUR

GRADY

COLQUITT

COOK

LANIER

THOMAS

BROOKS LOWNDES

CLINCH

BACON

WAYNE

MCINTOSH

PIERCE

WARE

BRANTLEY

GLYNN

CHARLTON

CAMDEN

ECHOLS

U.S. Census Bureau as of November, 2004

Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSA) (Urban)
Non-Metropolitan Statistical Areas (Non-MSA) (Rural)

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Glossary of Terms
Adequate - Category of physician distribution meaning there are enough physicians in that specialty, based on the +/- 1 standard deviation of the physician rate per 100,000.
Core Specialties - Five specialties including: family medicine, internal medicine, pediatrics, OB/GYN and general surgery.
Deficit - Category of physician distribution meaning there are not enough physicians in that specialty, based on the +/- 1 standard deviation of the physician rate per 100,000.
Generalist - Includes family medicine, internal medicine, pediatrics, and OB/GYN. Same as "primary care". Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) - Contains a core urban area of 50,000 or more population. Defined by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB). Also referred to as urban.
Non-Metropolitan Statistical Area (Non-MSA) - The areas that are not defined as Metropolitan Statistical Areas as defined by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB). Also referred to as rural.
Primary Care - Group of specialties that include family medicine, internal medicine, pediatrics, and OB/GYN.
Primary Care Service Area - Ninety-six (96) areas were designated by the 30% rule using the Georgia Hospital Questionnaire ie. (1) a PCSA was designated if at least 20% of the patients received care in their county of residence or (2) if a county received less than 30% of its residents as patients, it was assigned to the county where the majority of its residents go for primary care.
Specialist - All physician specialties other than family medicine, internal medicine, and pediatrics.
Surplus - Category of physician distribution meaning there are more than and adequate amount of physicians in that specialty, based on the +/- 1 standard deviation of the physician rate per 100,000.
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GEORGIA BOARD FOR PHYSICIAN WORKFORCE BOARD MEMBERS
Joe Sam Robinson, Jr., M.D. Chairman James R. Lowry Vice Chairman
Gilbert S. Klemann, M.D. - Secretary/Treasurer Crystal L. Brown, M.D. Brian K. Burdette Frank L. Carter, M.D. Jacinto del Mazo, M.D. E. Daniel DeLoach, M.D. Paul Fischer, M.D.
Thomas L. Hatchett, Jr., M.D. William H. Lee, III James G. Peak
William C. Waters, IV, M.D.
Cherri Tucker, Executive Director for the Georgia Board for Physician Workforce
BOARD STAFF Colette Caldwell, Carla Graves, Olive Jones-Golden, and Pamela Smith
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS The Board would like to thank G.E. Alan Dever, M.D., Ph.D., M.T. of Health Services Analysis, Inc. for his contributions to this report. The Board would also like to express appreciation to LaSharn Hughes, Executive Director of the Georgia Composite Medical Board (GCMB), and to the GCMB staff for their support of these efforts.
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