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
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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
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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
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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.
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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 #
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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