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Physician Specialty Allergy & Immunology
National Physician Standards* AMA Two Mature HMO Adjusted FTE GMENAC Kaiser Portland 7 Kaiser Plans GHC Seattle Three HMOs Goodman Hicks & Glenn Solucient Average Requirement
Standard Phys/100,000 Pop.
1.4 1.5 1.4 0.8 1.7 1.2 1.1
1.3
1.7 1.3
2008 Actual
Population Physicians
629,779
7
/100k 1.1
Physician Need 9 9 9 5 11 8 7
Status Deficit: -2 Deficit: -2 Deficit: -2 Surplus: 2 Deficit: -4 Deficit: -1 Adequate 0
8
Deficit: -1
11
Deficit: -4
8
Deficit: -1
2015 Projected
Population 622,796
Physician Need 9 9 9 5 11 7 7
8
11 8
Physician Specialty Anesthesiology
National Physician Standards* AMA Two Mature HMO Adjusted FTE GMENAC Kaiser Portland 7 Kaiser Plans GHC Seattle Three HMOs Goodman Hicks & Glenn Solucient Average Requirement
Standard Phys/100,000 Pop.
14.0 9.7 9.1 8.9 5.9 3.9 9.0
7.0
7.6
2008 Actual
Population Physicians
629,779
54
/100k 8.6
Physician Need 88 61 57 56 37 25 57
Status Deficit: -34 Deficit: -7 Deficit: -3 Deficit: -2 Surplus: 17 Surplus: 29 Deficit: -3
44
Surplus: 10
48
Surplus: 6
2015 Projected
Population 622,796
Physician Need 87 60 57 55 37 24 56
44
47
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Physician Specialty Cardiovascular Diseases
National Physician Standards* AMA Two Mature HMO Adjusted FTE GMENAC Kaiser Portland 7 Kaiser Plans GHC Seattle Three HMOs Goodman Hicks & Glenn Solucient Average Requirement
Standard Phys/100,000 Pop.
7.5 5.4 5.0 3.1 3.0 1.8 2.9
3.6 2.6 4.2 3.5
2008 Actual
Population Physicians
629,779
45
/100k 7.1
Physician Need 47 34 31 20 19 11 18
Status Deficit: -2 Surplus: 11 Surplus: 14 Surplus: 25 Surplus: 26 Surplus: 34 Surplus: 27
23
Surplus: 22
16
Surplus: 29
27
Surplus: 18
22
Surplus: 23
2015 Projected
Population 622,796
Physician Need 47 34 31 19 19 11 18
22 16 26 22
Physician Specialty Dermatology
National Physician Standards* AMA Two Mature HMO Adjusted FTE GMENAC Kaiser Portland 7 Kaiser Plans GHC Seattle Three HMOs Goodman Hicks & Glenn Solucient Average Requirement
Standard Phys/100,000 Pop.
3.7 2.8 2.6 2.8 2.5 2.4 2.6 1.6 1.4 2.1 3.1 2.4
2008 Actual
Population Physicians
629,779
19
/100k 3.0
Physician Need 23 18 16 18 16 15 16 10 9 13 20 15
Status Deficit: -4 Surplus: 1 Surplus: 3 Surplus: 1 Surplus: 3 Surplus: 4 Surplus: 3 Surplus: 9 Surplus: 10 Surplus: 6 Deficit: -1 Surplus: 4
2015 Projected
Population 622,796
Physician Need 23 17 16 17 16 15 16 10 9 13 19 15
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Physician Specialty Emergency Medicine
National Physician Standards* AMA Two Mature HMO Adjusted FTE GMENAC Kaiser Portland 7 Kaiser Plans GHC Seattle Three HMOs Goodman Hicks & Glenn Solucient Average Requirement
Standard Phys/100,000 Pop.
10.5 5.5 5.2 5.4 6.7 5.3
2.7
12.4 6.2
2008 Actual
Population Physicians
629,779
72
/100k 11.4
Physician Need 66 35 33 34 42 33
Status Surplus: 6 Surplus: 37 Surplus: 39 Surplus: 38 Surplus: 30 Surplus: 39
17
Surplus: 55
78
Deficit: -6
39
Surplus: 33
2015 Projected
Population 622,796
Physician Need 65 34 32 34 42 33
17
77 39
Physician Specialty
Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism
National Physician Standards*
Standard Phys/100,000 Pop.
AMA
1.8
Two Mature HMO
1.1
Adjusted FTE
1.0
GMENAC
0.8
Kaiser Portland
0.9
7 Kaiser Plans
1.1
GHC Seattle
Three HMOs
0.6
Goodman
Hicks & Glenn
Solucient
Average Requirement
0.9
2008 Actual
Population Physicians
629,779
7
/100k 1.1
Physician Need 11 7 6 5 6 7
Status Deficit: -4 Adequate 0 Surplus: 1 Surplus: 2 Surplus: 1 Adequate 0
4
Surplus: 3
6
Surplus: 1
2015 Projected
Population 622,796
Physician Need 11 7 6 5 6 7
4
6
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Physician Specialty Family Practice
National Physician Standards* AMA Two Mature HMO Adjusted FTE GMENAC Kaiser Portland 7 Kaiser Plans GHC Seattle Three HMOs Goodman Hicks & Glenn Solucient Average Requirement
Standard Phys/100,000 Pop.
31.5 45.6 42.6 25.2 16.7 11.0
9.2
16.2 22.5 23.6
2008 Actual
Population Physicians
629,779
187
/100k 29.7
Physician Need 198 287 268 159 105 69
Status Deficit: -11 Deficit: -100 Deficit: -81 Surplus: 28 Surplus: 82 Surplus: 118
58
Surplus: 129
102
Surplus: 85
142
Surplus: 45
149
Surplus: 38
2015 Projected
Population 622,796
Physician Need 196 284 265 157 104 69
57
101 140 147
Physician Specialty Gastroenterology
National Physician Standards* AMA Two Mature HMO Adjusted FTE GMENAC Kaiser Portland 7 Kaiser Plans GHC Seattle Three HMOs Goodman Hicks & Glenn Solucient Average Requirement
Standard Phys/100,000 Pop.
4.2 3.1
3.2 1.7 1.7
1.3
3.5 2.4
2008 Actual
Population Physicians
629,779
25
/100k 4.0
Physician Need 26
20
Status Deficit: -1 Surplus: 5
20
Surplus: 5
11
Surplus: 14
11
Surplus: 14
8
Surplus: 17
22
Surplus: 3
15
Surplus: 10
2015 Projected
Population 622,796
Physician Need 26 19
20 11 11
8
22 15
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Physician Specialty Hematology/Oncology
National Physician Standards* AMA Two Mature HMO Adjusted FTE GMENAC Kaiser Portland 7 Kaiser Plans GHC Seattle Three HMOs Goodman Hicks & Glenn Solucient Average Requirement
Standard Phys/100,000 Pop.
3.5 2.5 2.4 3.6 2.3 1.8 1.6 2.6 1.2
1.1 2.1
2008 Actual
Population Physicians
629,779
1
/100k 0.2
Physician Need 22 16 15 23 14 11 10 16 8
Status Deficit: -21 Deficit: -15 Deficit: -14 Deficit: -22 Deficit: -13 Deficit: -10 Deficit: -9 Deficit: -15 Deficit: -7
7
Deficit: -6
13
Deficit: -12
2015 Projected
Population 622,796
Physician Need 22 16 15 22 14 11 10 16 7
7 13
Physician Specialty Infectious Disease
National Physician Standards* AMA Two Mature HMO Adjusted FTE GMENAC Kaiser Portland 7 Kaiser Plans GHC Seattle Three HMOs Goodman Hicks & Glenn Solucient Average Requirement
Standard Phys/100,000 Pop.
2.2 0.7 0.6 0.9 1.2 0.7 0.6
0.8
2008 Actual
Population Physicians
629,779
7
/100k 1.1
Physician Need 14 4 4 6 8 4 4
Status Deficit: -7 Surplus: 3 Surplus: 3 Surplus: 1 Deficit: -1 Surplus: 3 Surplus: 3
5
Surplus: 2
2015 Projected
Population 622,796
Physician Need 14 4 4 6 7 4 4
5
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Physician Specialty Internal Medicine
National Physician Standards* AMA Two Mature HMO Adjusted FTE GMENAC Kaiser Portland 7 Kaiser Plans GHC Seattle Three HMOs Goodman Hicks & Glenn Solucient Average Requirement
Standard Phys/100,000 Pop.
53.1 21.4 20.0 28.8 28.1 30.3
16.7
11.3 19.0 22.0
2008 Actual
Population Physicians
629,779
145
/100k 23.0
Physician Need 334 135 126 181 177 191
Status Deficit: -189 Surplus: 10 Surplus: 19 Deficit: -36 Deficit: -32 Deficit: -46
105
Surplus: 40
71
Surplus: 74
120
Surplus: 25
139
Surplus: 6
2015 Projected
Population 622,796
Physician Need 331 133 125 179 175 189
104
70 118 137
Physician Specialty Nephrology
National Physician Standards* AMA Two Mature HMO Adjusted FTE GMENAC Kaiser Portland 7 Kaiser Plans GHC Seattle Three HMOs Goodman Hicks & Glenn Solucient Average Requirement
Standard Phys/100,000 Pop.
2.6 1.4 1.3 1.1 0.8 0.7 0.9
0.7 1.0
2008 Actual
Population Physicians
629,779
13
/100k 2.1
Physician Need 16 9 8 7 5 4 6
Status Deficit: -3 Surplus: 4 Surplus: 5 Surplus: 6 Surplus: 8 Surplus: 9 Surplus: 7
5
Surplus: 8
6
Surplus: 7
2015 Projected
Population 622,796
Physician Need 16 9 8 7 5 4 6
5 6
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Physician Specialty Neurological Surgery
National Physician Standards* AMA Two Mature HMO Adjusted FTE GMENAC Kaiser Portland 7 Kaiser Plans GHC Seattle Three HMOs Goodman Hicks & Glenn Solucient Average Requirement
Standard Phys/100,000 Pop.
1.9 1.1 1.0 1.1 1.4
0.4
0.7
1.0
2008 Actual
Population Physicians
629,779
14
/100k 2.2
Physician Need 12
7
6
7
9
Status Surplus: 2 Surplus: 7 Surplus: 8 Surplus: 7 Surplus: 5
3
Surplus: 11
4
Surplus: 10
6
Surplus: 8
2015 Projected
Population 622,796
Physician Need 12 7 6 7 9
2
4
6
Physician Specialty Neurology
National Physician Standards* AMA Two Mature HMO Adjusted FTE GMENAC Kaiser Portland 7 Kaiser Plans GHC Seattle Three HMOs Goodman Hicks & Glenn Solucient Average Requirement
Standard Phys/100,000 Pop.
5.0 2.4 2.3 3.3 1.3 1.7 1.2
2.1 1.4 1.8 1.9
2008 Actual
Population Physicians
629,779
27
/100k 4.3
Physician Need 31 15 14 21 8 11 8
Status Deficit: -4 Surplus: 12 Surplus: 13 Surplus: 6 Surplus: 19 Surplus: 16 Surplus: 19
13
Surplus: 14
9
Surplus: 18
11
Surplus: 16
12
Surplus: 15
2015 Projected
Population 622,796
Physician Need 31 15 14 21 8 11 7
13 9 11 12
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Physician Specialty OB/GYN
National Physician Standards* AMA Two Mature HMO Adjusted FTE GMENAC Kaiser Portland 7 Kaiser Plans GHC Seattle Three HMOs Goodman Hicks & Glenn Solucient Average Requirement
Standard Phys/100,000 Pop.
14.1 12.1 11.3 9.9 11.6 11.5 10.0 8.8 8.4 8.0 10.2 10.2
2008 Actual
Population Physicians
629,779
73
/100k 11.6
Physician Need 89 76 71 62 73 72 63 55 53 50 64 64
Status Deficit: -16 Deficit: -3 Surplus: 2 Surplus: 11 Adequate 0 Surplus: 1 Surplus: 10 Surplus: 18 Surplus: 20 Surplus: 23 Surplus: 9 Surplus: 9
2015 Projected
Population 622,796
Physician Need 88 75 70 62 72 72 62 55 52 50 63 64
Physician Specialty Opthalmology
National Physician Standards* AMA Two Mature HMO Adjusted FTE GMENAC Kaiser Portland 7 Kaiser Plans GHC Seattle Three HMOs Goodman Hicks & Glenn Solucient Average Requirement
Standard Phys/100,000 Pop.
6.0 5.9 5.5 4.6 2.4 3.1 5.0
3.5 3.2 4.7 4.2
2008 Actual
Population Physicians
629,779
40
/100k 6.4
Physician Need 38 37 35 29 15 20 31
Status Surplus: 2 Surplus: 3 Surplus: 5 Surplus: 11 Surplus: 25 Surplus: 20 Surplus: 9
22
Surplus: 18
20
Surplus: 20
30
Surplus: 10
26
Surplus: 14
2015 Projected
Population 622,796
Physician Need 37 37 34 29 15 19 31
22 20 29 26
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Physician Specialty Orthopedic Surgery
National Physician Standards* AMA Two Mature HMO Adjusted FTE GMENAC Kaiser Portland 7 Kaiser Plans GHC Seattle Three HMOs Goodman Hicks & Glenn Solucient Average Requirement
Standard Phys/100,000 Pop.
8.3 6.8 6.4 6.0 5.9 4.2 6.7 3.0 5.9 4.2 6.1 5.5
2008 Actual
Population Physicians
629,779
50
/100k 7.9
Physician Need 52 43 40 38 37 26 42 19 37 26 39 35
Status Deficit: -2 Surplus: 7 Surplus: 10 Surplus: 12 Surplus: 13 Surplus: 24 Surplus: 8 Surplus: 31 Surplus: 13 Surplus: 24 Surplus: 11 Surplus: 15
2015 Projected
Population 622,796
Physician Need 52 42 40 37 37 26 42 19 37 26 38 34
Physician Specialty Otolaryngology
National Physician Standards* AMA Two Mature HMO Adjusted FTE GMENAC Kaiser Portland 7 Kaiser Plans GHC Seattle Three HMOs Goodman Hicks & Glenn Solucient Average Requirement
Standard Phys/100,000 Pop.
3.4 3.2
3.2 3.4 2.4 3.0
3.0
2008 Actual
Population Physicians
629,779
22
/100k 3.5
Physician Need 21
20
Status Surplus: 1 Surplus: 2
20
Surplus: 2
21
Surplus: 1
15
Surplus: 7
19
Surplus: 3
19
Surplus: 3
2015 Projected
Population 622,796
Physician Need 21 20
20 21 15 19
19
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Physician Specialty Pathology
National Physician Standards* AMA Two Mature HMO Adjusted FTE GMENAC Kaiser Portland 7 Kaiser Plans GHC Seattle Three HMOs Goodman Hicks & Glenn Solucient Average Requirement
Standard Phys/100,000 Pop.
6.3 1.9 1.8 6.4 3.3 1.8
4.1
3.2
2008 Actual
Population Physicians
629,779
21
/100k 3.3
Physician Need 40 12 11 40 21 11
Status Deficit: -19 Surplus: 9 Surplus: 10 Deficit: -19 Adequate 0 Surplus: 10
26
Deficit: -5
20
Surplus: 1
2015 Projected
Population 622,796
Physician Need 39 12 11 40 21 11
26
20
Physician Specialty Pediatrics
National Physician Standards* AMA Two Mature HMO Adjusted FTE GMENAC Kaiser Portland 7 Kaiser Plans GHC Seattle Three HMOs Goodman Hicks & Glenn Solucient Average Requirement
Standard Phys/100,000 Pop.
24.9 16.6 15.5 12.4 11.9 16.0
9.8
7.6 13.9 13.0
2008 Actual
Population Physicians
629,779
103
/100k 16.4
Physician Need 157 105 98 78 75 101
Status Deficit: -54 Deficit: -2 Surplus: 5 Surplus: 25 Surplus: 28 Surplus: 2
62
Surplus: 41
48
Surplus: 55
88
Surplus: 15
82
Surplus: 21
2015 Projected
Population 622,796
Physician Need 155 103 97 77 74 100
61
47 87 81
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Physician Specialty Plastic Surgery
National Physician Standards* AMA Two Mature HMO Adjusted FTE GMENAC Kaiser Portland 7 Kaiser Plans GHC Seattle Three HMOs Goodman Hicks & Glenn Solucient Average Requirement
Standard Phys/100,000 Pop.
2.4
1.1 0.3
0.4
1.1 2.3 2.2 1.2
2008 Actual
Population Physicians
629,779
25
/100k 4.0
Physician Need
15
Status Surplus: 10
7
Surplus: 18
2
Surplus: 23
3
Surplus: 22
7
Surplus: 18
14
Surplus: 11
14
Surplus: 11
8
Surplus: 17
2015 Projected
Population 622,796
Physician Need 15
7 2
2
7 14 14 7
Physician Specialty Psychiatry
National Physician Standards* AMA Two Mature HMO Adjusted FTE GMENAC Kaiser Portland 7 Kaiser Plans GHC Seattle Three HMOs Goodman Hicks & Glenn Solucient Average Requirement
Standard Phys/100,000 Pop.
13.6 7.7 7.2 15.4 5.2 4.1
7.2 3.9 5.7 7.1
2008 Actual
Population Physicians
629,779
72
/100k 11.4
Physician Need 86 48 45 97 33 26
Status Deficit: -14 Surplus: 24 Surplus: 27 Deficit: -25 Surplus: 39 Surplus: 46
45
Surplus: 27
25
Surplus: 47
36
Surplus: 36
45
Surplus: 27
2015 Projected
Population 622,796
Physician Need 85 48 45 96 32 26
45 24 36 44
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Physician Specialty Pulmonary Diseases
National Physician Standards* AMA Two Mature HMO Adjusted FTE GMENAC Kaiser Portland 7 Kaiser Plans GHC Seattle Three HMOs Goodman Hicks & Glenn Solucient Average Requirement
Standard Phys/100,000 Pop.
3.5 2.0 1.9 1.4 1.4 1.0 1.4
1.4
1.3 1.5
2008 Actual
Population Physicians
629,779
23
/100k 3.7
Physician Need 22 13 12 9 9 6 9
Status Surplus: 1 Surplus: 10 Surplus: 11 Surplus: 14 Surplus: 14 Surplus: 17 Surplus: 14
9
Surplus: 14
8
Surplus: 15
9
Surplus: 14
2015 Projected
Population 622,796
Physician Need 22 12 12 9 9 6 9
9
8 9
Physician Specialty Radiology
National Physician Standards* AMA Two Mature HMO Adjusted FTE GMENAC Kaiser Portland 7 Kaiser Plans GHC Seattle Three HMOs Goodman Hicks & Glenn Solucient Average Requirement
Standard Phys/100,000 Pop.
11.4 13.6 13.7 7.7 8.5 4.7 7.7
8.0
9.1
2008 Actual
Population Physicians
629,779
67
/100k 10.6
Physician Need 72 86 86 48 54 30 48
Status Deficit: -5 Deficit: -19 Deficit: -19 Surplus: 19 Surplus: 13 Surplus: 37 Surplus: 19
50
Surplus: 17
57
Surplus: 10
2015 Projected
Population 622,796
Physician Need 71 85 85 48 53 29 48
50
57
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Physician Specialty Rheumatology
National Physician Standards* AMA Two Mature HMO Adjusted FTE GMENAC Kaiser Portland 7 Kaiser Plans GHC Seattle Three HMOs Goodman Hicks & Glenn Solucient Average Requirement
Standard Phys/100,000 Pop.
1.5 1.1 1.0 0.7 0.4 0.7 0.7
0.4
1.3 0.8
2008 Actual
Population Physicians
629,779
3
/100k 0.5
Physician Need 9 7 6 4 3 4 4
Status Deficit: -6 Deficit: -4 Deficit: -3 Deficit: -1 Adequate 0 Deficit: -1 Deficit: -1
3
Adequate 0
8
Deficit: -5
5
Deficit: -2
2015 Projected
Population 622,796
Physician Need 9 7 6 4 2 4 4
2
8 5
Physician Specialty General Surgery
National Physician Standards* AMA Two Mature HMO Adjusted FTE GMENAC Kaiser Portland 7 Kaiser Plans GHC Seattle Three HMOs Goodman Hicks & Glenn Solucient Average Requirement
Standard Phys/100,000 Pop.
12.5 9.4 8.8 9.7 7.0 6.2 5.9 4.2 9.7 4.1 6.0 7.1
2008 Actual
Population Physicians
629,779
60
/100k 9.5
Physician Need 79 59 55 61 44 39 37 26 61 26 38 45
Status Deficit: -19 Surplus: 1 Surplus: 5 Deficit: -1 Surplus: 16 Surplus: 21 Surplus: 23 Surplus: 34 Deficit: -1 Surplus: 34 Surplus: 22 Surplus: 15
2015 Projected
Population 622,796
Physician Need 78 59 55 60 44 39 37 26 60 26 37 44
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Physician Specialty Thoracic Surgery
National Physician Standards* AMA Two Mature HMO Adjusted FTE GMENAC Kaiser Portland 7 Kaiser Plans GHC Seattle Three HMOs Goodman Hicks & Glenn Solucient Average Requirement
Standard Phys/100,000 Pop.
1.5
0.8 0.1
0.5
2008 Actual
Population Physicians
629,779
4
/100k 0.6
Physician Need
9
Status Deficit: -5
5
Deficit: -1
1
Surplus: 3
3
Surplus: 1
2015 Projected
Population 622,796
Physician Need 9
5 1
3
Physician Specialty Urology
National Physician Standards* AMA Two Mature HMO Adjusted FTE GMENAC Kaiser Portland 7 Kaiser Plans GHC Seattle Three HMOs Goodman Hicks & Glenn Solucient Average Requirement
Standard Phys/100,000 Pop.
3.5 3.5 3.3 3.1 3.3 2.3 2.9
2.6 1.9 2.9 2.9
2008 Actual
Population Physicians
629,779
22
/100k 3.5
Physician Need 22 22 21 20 21 14 18
Status Adequate 0 Adequate 0
Surplus: 1 Surplus: 2 Surplus: 1 Surplus: 8 Surplus: 4
16
Surplus: 6
12
Surplus: 10
18
Surplus: 4
18
Surplus: 4
2015 Projected
Population 622,796
Physician Need 22 22 21 19 21 14 18
16 12 18 18
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Report created by Georgia Board for Physician Workforce, State of Georgia
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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.