Georgia Physician Workforce: MSA Reports - 2008 Savannah MSA Physician Standard Report Included Counties: Bryan, Chatham, Effingham Page 1 Physician Specialty Allergy & Immunology National Physician Standards* AMA Two Mature HMO Adjusted FTE GMENAC Kaiser Portland 7 Kaiser Plans GHC Seattle Three HMOs Goodman Hicks & Glenn Solucient Average Requirement Standard Phys/100,000 Pop. 1.4 1.5 1.4 0.8 1.7 1.2 1.1 1.3 1.7 1.3 2008 Actual Population Physician /100k 314,459 6 1.9 Physician Need 4 Status Surplus: 2 5 Surplus: 1 4 Surplus: 2 3 Surplus: 3 5 Surplus: 1 4 Surplus: 2 3 Surplus: 3 4 Surplus: 2 5 Surplus: 1 4 Surplus: 2 2015 Projected Population 316,243 Physician Need 4 5 4 3 5 4 3 4 5 4 Physician Specialty Anesthesiology National Physician Standards* AMA Two Mature HMO Adjusted FTE GMENAC Kaiser Portland 7 Kaiser Plans GHC Seattle Three HMOs Goodman Hicks & Glenn Solucient Average Requirement Standard Phys/100,000 Pop. 14.0 9.7 9.1 8.9 5.9 3.9 9.0 7.0 7.6 2008 Actual Population Physician /100k 314,459 37 11.8 Physician Need 44 Status Deficit: -7 31 Surplus: 6 29 Surplus: 8 28 Surplus: 9 19 Surplus: 18 12 Surplus: 25 28 Surplus: 9 22 Surplus: 15 24 Surplus: 13 2015 Projected Population 316,243 Physician Need 44 31 29 28 19 12 28 22 24 Georgia Physician Workforce: MSA Reports - 2008 Savannah MSA Physician Standard Report Included Counties: Bryan, Chatham, Effingham Page 2 Physician Specialty Cardiovascular Diseases National Physician Standards* AMA Two Mature HMO Adjusted FTE GMENAC Kaiser Portland 7 Kaiser Plans GHC Seattle Three HMOs Goodman Hicks & Glenn Solucient Average Requirement Standard Phys/100,000 Pop. 7.5 5.4 5.0 3.1 3.0 1.8 2.9 3.6 2.6 4.2 3.5 2008 Actual Population Physician /100k 314,459 31 9.9 Physician Need 24 Status Surplus: 7 17 Surplus: 14 16 Surplus: 15 10 Surplus: 21 9 Surplus: 22 6 Surplus: 25 9 Surplus: 22 11 Surplus: 20 8 Surplus: 23 13 Surplus: 18 11 Surplus: 20 2015 Projected Population 316,243 Physician Need 24 17 16 10 9 6 9 11 8 13 11 Physician Specialty Dermatology National Physician Standards* AMA Two Mature HMO Adjusted FTE GMENAC Kaiser Portland 7 Kaiser Plans GHC Seattle Three HMOs Goodman Hicks & Glenn Solucient Average Requirement Standard Phys/100,000 Pop. 3.7 2.8 2.6 2.8 2.5 2.4 2.6 1.6 1.4 2.1 3.1 2.4 2008 Actual Population Physician /100k 314,459 11 3.5 Physician Need 12 Status Deficit: -1 9 Surplus: 2 8 Surplus: 3 9 Surplus: 2 8 Surplus: 3 8 Surplus: 3 8 Surplus: 3 5 Surplus: 6 4 Surplus: 7 7 Surplus: 4 10 Surplus: 1 8 Surplus: 3 2015 Projected Population 316,243 Physician Need 12 9 8 9 8 8 8 5 4 7 10 8 Georgia Physician Workforce: MSA Reports - 2008 Savannah MSA Physician Standard Report Included Counties: Bryan, Chatham, Effingham Page 3 Physician Specialty Emergency Medicine National Physician Standards* AMA Two Mature HMO Adjusted FTE GMENAC Kaiser Portland 7 Kaiser Plans GHC Seattle Three HMOs Goodman Hicks & Glenn Solucient Average Requirement Standard Phys/100,000 Pop. 10.5 5.5 5.2 5.4 6.7 5.3 2.7 12.4 6.2 2008 Actual Population Physician /100k 314,459 48 15.3 Physician Need 33 Status Surplus: 15 17 Surplus: 31 16 Surplus: 32 17 Surplus: 31 21 Surplus: 27 17 Surplus: 31 8 Surplus: 40 39 Surplus: 9 19 Surplus: 29 2015 Projected Population 316,243 Physician Need 33 17 16 17 21 17 9 39 20 Physician Specialty Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism National Physician Standards* AMA Standard Phys/100,000 Pop. 1.8 Two Mature HMO 1.1 Adjusted FTE 1.0 GMENAC 0.8 Kaiser Portland 0.9 7 Kaiser Plans 1.1 GHC Seattle Three HMOs 0.6 Goodman Hicks & Glenn Solucient Average Requirement 0.9 2008 Actual Population Physician /100k 314,459 4 1.3 Physician Need 6 Status Deficit: -2 3 Surplus: 1 3 Surplus: 1 3 Surplus: 1 3 Surplus: 1 3 Surplus: 1 2 Surplus: 2 3 Surplus: 1 2015 Projected Population 316,243 Physician Need 6 3 3 3 3 3 2 3 Georgia Physician Workforce: MSA Reports - 2008 Savannah MSA Physician Standard Report Included Counties: Bryan, Chatham, Effingham Page 4 Physician Specialty Family Practice National Physician Standards* AMA Two Mature HMO Adjusted FTE GMENAC Kaiser Portland 7 Kaiser Plans GHC Seattle Three HMOs Goodman Hicks & Glenn Solucient Average Requirement Standard Phys/100,000 Pop. 31.5 45.6 42.6 25.2 16.7 11.0 9.2 16.2 22.5 23.6 2008 Actual Population Physician /100k 314,459 103 32.8 Physician Need 99 Status Surplus: 4 143 Deficit: -40 134 Deficit: -31 79 Surplus: 24 53 Surplus: 50 35 Surplus: 68 29 Surplus: 74 51 Surplus: 52 71 Surplus: 32 74 Surplus: 29 2015 Projected Population 316,243 Physician Need 100 144 135 80 53 35 29 51 71 75 Physician Specialty Gastroenterology National Physician Standards* AMA Two Mature HMO Adjusted FTE GMENAC Kaiser Portland 7 Kaiser Plans GHC Seattle Three HMOs Goodman Hicks & Glenn Solucient Average Requirement Standard Phys/100,000 Pop. 4.2 3.1 3.2 1.7 1.7 1.3 3.5 2.4 2008 Actual Population Physician /100k 314,459 18 5.7 Physician Need 13 Status Surplus: 5 10 Surplus: 8 10 Surplus: 8 5 Surplus: 13 5 Surplus: 13 4 Surplus: 14 11 Surplus: 7 8 Surplus: 10 2015 Projected Population 316,243 Physician Need 13 10 10 5 5 4 11 8 Georgia Physician Workforce: MSA Reports - 2008 Savannah MSA Physician Standard Report Included Counties: Bryan, Chatham, Effingham Page 5 Physician Specialty Infectious Disease National Physician Standards* AMA Two Mature HMO Adjusted FTE GMENAC Kaiser Portland 7 Kaiser Plans GHC Seattle Three HMOs Goodman Hicks & Glenn Solucient Average Requirement Standard Phys/100,000 Pop. 2.2 0.7 0.6 0.9 1.2 0.7 0.6 0.8 2008 Actual Population Physician /100k 314,459 6 1.9 Physician Need 7 Status Deficit: -1 2 Surplus: 4 2 Surplus: 4 3 Surplus: 3 4 Surplus: 2 2 Surplus: 4 2 Surplus: 4 3 Surplus: 3 2015 Projected Population 316,243 Physician Need 7 2 2 3 4 2 2 3 Physician Specialty Internal Medicine National Physician Standards* AMA Two Mature HMO Adjusted FTE GMENAC Kaiser Portland 7 Kaiser Plans GHC Seattle Three HMOs Goodman Hicks & Glenn Solucient Average Requirement Standard Phys/100,000 Pop. 53.1 21.4 20.0 28.8 28.1 30.3 16.7 11.3 19.0 22.0 2008 Actual Population Physician /100k 314,459 89 28.3 Physician Need 167 Status Deficit: -78 67 Surplus: 22 63 Surplus: 26 91 Deficit: -2 88 Surplus: 1 95 Deficit: -6 53 Surplus: 36 36 Surplus: 53 60 Surplus: 29 69 Surplus: 20 2015 Projected Population 316,243 Physician Need 168 68 63 91 89 96 53 36 60 70 Georgia Physician Workforce: MSA Reports - 2008 Savannah MSA Physician Standard Report Included Counties: Bryan, Chatham, Effingham Page 6 Physician Specialty Nephrology National Physician Standards* AMA Two Mature HMO Adjusted FTE GMENAC Kaiser Portland 7 Kaiser Plans GHC Seattle Three HMOs Goodman Hicks & Glenn Solucient Average Requirement Standard Phys/100,000 Pop. 2.6 1.4 1.3 1.1 0.8 0.7 0.9 0.7 1.0 2008 Actual Population Physician /100k 314,459 8 2.5 Physician Need 8 Status Adequate 0 4 Surplus: 4 4 Surplus: 4 3 Surplus: 5 3 Surplus: 5 2 Surplus: 6 3 Surplus: 5 2 Surplus: 6 3 Surplus: 5 2015 Projected Population 316,243 Physician Need 8 4 4 3 3 2 3 2 3 Physician Specialty Neurological Surgery National Physician Standards* AMA Two Mature HMO Adjusted FTE GMENAC Kaiser Portland 7 Kaiser Plans GHC Seattle Three HMOs Goodman Hicks & Glenn Solucient Average Requirement Standard Phys/100,000 Pop. 1.9 1.1 1.0 1.1 1.4 0.4 0.7 1.0 2008 Actual Population Physician /100k 314,459 9 2.9 Physician Need 6 Status Surplus: 3 3 Surplus: 6 3 Surplus: 6 3 Surplus: 6 4 Surplus: 5 1 Surplus: 8 2 Surplus: 7 3 Surplus: 6 2015 Projected Population 316,243 Physician Need 6 3 3 3 4 1 2 3 Georgia Physician Workforce: MSA Reports - 2008 Savannah MSA Physician Standard Report Included Counties: Bryan, Chatham, Effingham Page 7 Physician Specialty Neurology National Physician Standards* AMA Two Mature HMO Adjusted FTE GMENAC Kaiser Portland 7 Kaiser Plans GHC Seattle Three HMOs Goodman Hicks & Glenn Solucient Average Requirement Standard Phys/100,000 Pop. 5.0 2.4 2.3 3.3 1.3 1.7 1.2 2.1 1.4 1.8 1.9 2008 Actual Population Physician /100k 314,459 13 4.1 Physician Need 16 Status Deficit: -3 8 Surplus: 5 7 Surplus: 6 10 Surplus: 3 4 Surplus: 9 5 Surplus: 8 4 Surplus: 9 7 Surplus: 6 4 Surplus: 9 6 Surplus: 7 6 Surplus: 7 2015 Projected Population 316,243 Physician Need 16 8 7 10 4 5 4 7 4 6 6 Physician Specialty OB/GYN National Physician Standards* AMA Two Mature HMO Adjusted FTE GMENAC Kaiser Portland 7 Kaiser Plans GHC Seattle Three HMOs Goodman Hicks & Glenn Solucient Average Requirement Standard Phys/100,000 Pop. 14.1 12.1 11.3 9.9 11.6 11.5 10.0 8.8 8.4 8.0 10.2 10.2 2008 Actual Population Physician /100k 314,459 38 12.1 Physician Need 44 Status Deficit: -6 38 Adequate 0 36 Surplus: 2 31 Surplus: 7 36 Surplus: 2 36 Surplus: 2 31 Surplus: 7 28 Surplus: 10 26 Surplus: 12 25 Surplus: 13 32 Surplus: 6 32 Surplus: 6 2015 Projected Population 316,243 Physician Need 45 38 36 31 37 36 32 28 27 25 32 32 Georgia Physician Workforce: MSA Reports - 2008 Savannah MSA Physician Standard Report Included Counties: Bryan, Chatham, Effingham Page 8 Physician Specialty Opthalmology National Physician Standards* AMA Two Mature HMO Adjusted FTE GMENAC Kaiser Portland 7 Kaiser Plans GHC Seattle Three HMOs Goodman Hicks & Glenn Solucient Average Requirement Standard Phys/100,000 Pop. 6.0 5.9 5.5 4.6 2.4 3.1 5.0 3.5 3.2 4.7 4.2 2008 Actual Population Physician /100k 314,459 25 8.0 Physician Need 19 Status Surplus: 6 19 Surplus: 6 17 Surplus: 8 14 Surplus: 11 8 Surplus: 17 10 Surplus: 15 16 Surplus: 9 11 Surplus: 14 10 Surplus: 15 15 Surplus: 10 13 Surplus: 12 2015 Projected Population 316,243 Physician Need 19 19 17 15 8 10 16 11 10 15 13 Physician Specialty Orthopedic Surgery National Physician Standards* AMA Two Mature HMO Adjusted FTE GMENAC Kaiser Portland 7 Kaiser Plans GHC Seattle Three HMOs Goodman Hicks & Glenn Solucient Average Requirement Standard Phys/100,000 Pop. 8.3 6.8 6.4 6.0 5.9 4.2 6.7 3.0 5.9 4.2 6.1 5.5 2008 Actual Population Physician /100k 314,459 30 9.5 Physician Need 26 Status Surplus: 4 21 Surplus: 9 20 Surplus: 10 19 Surplus: 11 19 Surplus: 11 13 Surplus: 17 21 Surplus: 9 9 Surplus: 21 19 Surplus: 11 13 Surplus: 17 19 Surplus: 11 17 Surplus: 13 2015 Projected Population 316,243 Physician Need 26 22 20 19 19 13 21 9 19 13 19 17 Georgia Physician Workforce: MSA Reports - 2008 Savannah MSA Physician Standard Report Included Counties: Bryan, Chatham, Effingham Page 9 Physician Specialty Otolaryngology National Physician Standards* AMA Two Mature HMO Adjusted FTE GMENAC Kaiser Portland 7 Kaiser Plans GHC Seattle Three HMOs Goodman Hicks & Glenn Solucient Average Requirement Standard Phys/100,000 Pop. 3.4 3.2 3.2 3.4 2.4 3.0 3.0 2008 Actual Population Physician /100k 314,459 12 3.8 Physician Need 11 Status Surplus: 1 10 Surplus: 2 10 Surplus: 2 11 Surplus: 1 8 Surplus: 4 9 Surplus: 3 9 Surplus: 3 2015 Projected Population 316,243 Physician Need 11 10 10 11 8 9 9 Physician Specialty Pathology National Physician Standards* AMA Two Mature HMO Adjusted FTE GMENAC Kaiser Portland 7 Kaiser Plans GHC Seattle Three HMOs Goodman Hicks & Glenn Solucient Average Requirement Standard Phys/100,000 Pop. 6.3 1.9 1.8 6.4 3.3 1.8 4.1 3.2 2008 Actual Population Physician /100k 314,459 11 3.5 Physician Need 20 Status Deficit: -9 6 Surplus: 5 6 Surplus: 5 20 Deficit: -9 10 Surplus: 1 6 Surplus: 5 13 Deficit: -2 10 Surplus: 1 2015 Projected Population 316,243 Physician Need 20 6 6 20 10 6 13 10 Georgia Physician Workforce: MSA Reports - 2008 Savannah MSA Physician Standard Report Included Counties: Bryan, Chatham, Effingham Page 10 Physician Specialty Pediatrics National Physician Standards* AMA Two Mature HMO Adjusted FTE GMENAC Kaiser Portland 7 Kaiser Plans GHC Seattle Three HMOs Goodman Hicks & Glenn Solucient Average Requirement Standard Phys/100,000 Pop. 24.9 16.6 15.5 12.4 11.9 16.0 9.8 7.6 13.9 13.0 2008 Actual Population Physician /100k 314,459 60 19.1 Physician Need 78 Status Deficit: -18 52 Surplus: 8 49 Surplus: 11 39 Surplus: 21 37 Surplus: 23 50 Surplus: 10 31 Surplus: 29 24 Surplus: 36 44 Surplus: 16 41 Surplus: 19 2015 Projected Population 316,243 Physician Need 79 52 49 39 38 51 31 24 44 41 Physician Specialty Plastic Surgery National Physician Standards* AMA Two Mature HMO Adjusted FTE GMENAC Kaiser Portland 7 Kaiser Plans GHC Seattle Three HMOs Goodman Hicks & Glenn Solucient Average Requirement Standard Phys/100,000 Pop. 2.4 1.1 0.3 0.4 1.1 2.3 2.2 1.2 2008 Actual Population Physician /100k 314,459 19 6.0 Physician Need 8 Status Surplus: 11 3 Surplus: 16 1 Surplus: 18 1 Surplus: 18 3 Surplus: 16 7 Surplus: 12 7 Surplus: 12 4 Surplus: 15 2015 Projected Population 316,243 Physician Need 8 3 1 1 3 7 7 4 Georgia Physician Workforce: MSA Reports - 2008 Savannah MSA Physician Standard Report Included Counties: Bryan, Chatham, Effingham Page 11 Physician Specialty Psychiatry National Physician Standards* AMA Two Mature HMO Adjusted FTE GMENAC Kaiser Portland 7 Kaiser Plans GHC Seattle Three HMOs Goodman Hicks & Glenn Solucient Average Requirement Standard Phys/100,000 Pop. 13.6 7.7 7.2 15.4 5.2 4.1 7.2 3.9 5.7 7.1 2008 Actual Population Physician /100k 314,459 39 12.4 Physician Need 43 Status Deficit: -4 24 Surplus: 15 23 Surplus: 16 48 Deficit: -9 16 Surplus: 23 13 Surplus: 26 23 Surplus: 16 12 Surplus: 27 18 Surplus: 21 22 Surplus: 17 2015 Projected Population 316,243 Physician Need 43 24 23 49 16 13 23 12 18 22 Physician Specialty Pulmonary Diseases National Physician Standards* AMA Two Mature HMO Adjusted FTE GMENAC Kaiser Portland 7 Kaiser Plans GHC Seattle Three HMOs Goodman Hicks & Glenn Solucient Average Requirement Standard Phys/100,000 Pop. 3.5 2.0 1.9 1.4 1.4 1.0 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.5 2008 Actual Population Physician /100k 314,459 17 5.4 Physician Need 11 Status Surplus: 6 6 Surplus: 11 6 Surplus: 11 4 Surplus: 13 4 Surplus: 13 3 Surplus: 14 4 Surplus: 13 4 Surplus: 13 4 Surplus: 13 5 Surplus: 12 2015 Projected Population 316,243 Physician Need 11 6 6 4 4 3 4 4 4 5 Georgia Physician Workforce: MSA Reports - 2008 Savannah MSA Physician Standard Report Included Counties: Bryan, Chatham, Effingham Page 12 Physician Specialty Radiology National Physician Standards* AMA Two Mature HMO Adjusted FTE GMENAC Kaiser Portland 7 Kaiser Plans GHC Seattle Three HMOs Goodman Hicks & Glenn Solucient Average Requirement Standard Phys/100,000 Pop. 11.4 13.6 13.7 7.7 8.5 4.7 7.7 8.0 9.1 2008 Actual Population Physician /100k 314,459 53 16.9 Physician Need 36 Status Surplus: 17 43 Surplus: 10 43 Surplus: 10 24 Surplus: 29 27 Surplus: 26 15 Surplus: 38 24 Surplus: 29 25 Surplus: 28 29 Surplus: 24 2015 Projected Population 316,243 Physician Need 36 43 43 24 27 15 24 25 29 Physician Specialty Rheumatology National Physician Standards* AMA Two Mature HMO Adjusted FTE GMENAC Kaiser Portland 7 Kaiser Plans GHC Seattle Three HMOs Goodman Hicks & Glenn Solucient Average Requirement Standard Phys/100,000 Pop. 1.5 1.1 1.0 0.7 0.4 0.7 0.7 0.4 1.3 0.8 2008 Actual Population Physician /100k 314,459 1 0.3 Physician Need 5 Status Deficit: -4 3 Deficit: -2 3 Deficit: -2 2 Deficit: -1 1 Adequate 0 2 Deficit: -1 2 Deficit: -1 1 Adequate 0 4 Deficit: -3 3 Deficit: -2 2015 Projected Population 316,243 Physician Need 5 3 3 2 1 2 2 1 4 3 Georgia Physician Workforce: MSA Reports - 2008 Savannah MSA Physician Standard Report Included Counties: Bryan, Chatham, Effingham Page 13 Physician Specialty General Surgery National Physician Standards* AMA Two Mature HMO Adjusted FTE GMENAC Kaiser Portland 7 Kaiser Plans GHC Seattle Three HMOs Goodman Hicks & Glenn Solucient Average Requirement Standard Phys/100,000 Pop. 12.5 9.4 8.8 9.7 7.0 6.2 5.9 4.2 9.7 4.1 6.0 7.1 2008 Actual Population Physician /100k 314,459 39 12.4 Physician Need 39 Status Adequate 0 30 Surplus: 9 28 Surplus: 11 31 Surplus: 8 22 Surplus: 17 19 Surplus: 20 19 Surplus: 20 13 Surplus: 26 31 Surplus: 8 13 Surplus: 26 19 Surplus: 20 22 Surplus: 17 2015 Projected Population 316,243 Physician Need 40 30 28 31 22 20 19 13 31 13 19 22 Physician Specialty Thoracic Surgery National Physician Standards* AMA Two Mature HMO Adjusted FTE GMENAC Kaiser Portland 7 Kaiser Plans GHC Seattle Three HMOs Goodman Hicks & Glenn Solucient Average Requirement Standard Phys/100,000 Pop. 1.5 0.8 0.1 0.5 2008 Actual Population Physician /100k 314,459 4 1.3 Physician Need 5 Status Deficit: -1 3 Surplus: 1 0 Surplus: 4 2 Surplus: 2 2015 Projected Population 316,243 Physician Need 5 3 0 2 Georgia Physician Workforce: MSA Reports - 2008 Savannah MSA Physician Standard Report Included Counties: Bryan, Chatham, Effingham Page 14 Physician Specialty Urology National Physician Standards* AMA Two Mature HMO Adjusted FTE GMENAC Kaiser Portland 7 Kaiser Plans GHC Seattle Three HMOs Goodman Hicks & Glenn Solucient Average Requirement Standard Phys/100,000 Pop. 3.5 3.5 3.3 3.1 3.3 2.3 2.9 2.6 1.9 2.9 2.9 2008 Actual Population Physician /100k 314,459 14 4.5 Physician Need 11 Status Surplus: 3 11 Surplus: 3 10 Surplus: 4 10 Surplus: 4 10 Surplus: 4 7 Surplus: 7 9 Surplus: 5 8 Surplus: 6 6 Surplus: 8 9 Surplus: 5 9 Surplus: 5 2015 Projected Population 316,243 Physician Need 11 11 10 10 10 7 9 8 6 9 9 Report created by Georgia Board for Physician Workforce, State of Georgia *Standards are presented as rates per 100,000 population (1) McClendon, B., R.Polizer, E. Christain, and E. Fernandez. 1997. Downsizing the Physician Workforce. Public Health Reports. May/June 112:231-239. (2) Graduate Medical Education National Advisory Committee Summary Report. 1981. Pub. No. (HRA) 81-651. Washington: Government Printing Office. (3) American Medical Association. 1996. Physician Characteristics and Distribution in the US: 1995/1996. Chicago. (4) American Osteopathic Association. 1993. 1994 Yearbook and Directory of Osteopathic Physicians. Chicago. (5) Hart, L., E. Wagner, J. Parzada, A.Nelson, and R.Rosenblah. 1997. Physician Staffing Ratios in Staff- Model HMO's: A Cautionary Tale, Health Affairs 16, no. 1:55-70. (6) Weiner, J.P. 1994 Forecasting the Effects of Health Reform on U.S. Physician Workforce Requirement. JAMA 272, no. 3:222-230. (7) Steinwachs, D., J.P. Weiner, S. Shapiro, et al. 1986. A Comparison of the Requirements for Primary Care Physicians in with Projections Made by the Graduate Medical National Advisory Committee. New England Journal of Medicine 314:217-222. (8) Kronick, R., D.C. Goodman, J. Wennberg, and E.Wagner. 1993. The Marketplace in Health Care Reform: The Demographic Limitations of Managed Competition. New England Journal of Medicine 328:1480152. See also, related NAPS Document 04998. (9) Vansdow, N.A. The Physician Workforce: Issues for Academic Medical Centers. Forum on the Future of Academic Medicine. December 2, 1996. (10) Forte, G.J., Dionne, M., Beaulieu, M., and Salsberg, E. Profile of New York State Physicians. Rensselaer, NY: Center for Health Workforce Studies, School of Public Health, SUNY Albany. April 2001. (11) A Review of Physician-to-Population Ratios. Merritt Hawkins & Associates. GMENAC, Goodman (Dec. 11, 1996 JAMA), Hicks & Glenn (1989 Journal of Health Care Management), Solucient (2003). (12) American Medical Association. Physician Characteristics and Distribution in the US, 2010 Edition; 2010.