- Collection:
- Georgia Government Publications
- Serial:
- Georgia physician workforce: MSA reports ... Warner-Robins physician demographic summary statistics.
- Title:
- Georgia Physician Workforce county reports - 2008: Walker County physician standard report [2010]
- Creator:
- Georgia. Department of Community Health. Georgia Board for Physician Workforce
- Contributor to Resource:
- Georgia. Department of Community Health. Georgia Board for Physician Workforce
- Publisher:
- Atlanta, Ga. : Georgia. Department of Community Health. Georgia Board for Physician Workforce
- Date of Original:
- 2010
- Subject:
- Georgia
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- publications (documents)
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- Text
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- Description:
- 2006 (Harvested on December 12, 2013 from dch.georgia.gov); title from PDF running title (Georgia Government Publications database, viewed March 16, 2023).
2006 (Harvested on December 12, 2013 from dch.georgia.gov); (Georgia Government Publications database, viewed March 16, 2023). - External Identifiers:
- Call Number GA C910 .S1 W39 2008
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- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:dlg_ggpd_y-ga-bc910-b-ps1-bw39-b2008-belec-p-btext
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ggpd_y-ga-bc910-b-ps1-bw39-b2008-belec-p-btext
- Language:
- eng
- Holding Institution:
- University of Georgia. Map and Government Information Library
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146 Georgia Physician Workforce: County Reports - 2008
Walker County Physician Standard Report
Page 1
Physician Specialty Anesthesiology
National Physician Standards* AMA Two Mature HMO Adjusted FTE GMENAC Kaiser Portland 7 Kaiser Plans GHC Seattle Three HMOs Goodman Hicks & Glenn Solucient Average Requirement
Standard Phys/100,000 Pop.
14.0 9.7 9.1 8.9 5.9 3.9 9.0
7.0
7.6
2008 Actual
Population Physicians /100k
64,558
3
4.6
Physician Need
9
Status Deficit: -6
6
Deficit: -3
6
Deficit: -3
6
Deficit: -3
4
Deficit: -1
3
Adequate 0
6
Deficit: -3
5
Deficit: -2
5
Deficit: -2
2015 Projected
Population 69,994
Physician Need 10 7 6 6 3 3 6
5
5
Physician Specialty Cardiovascular Diseases
National Physician Standards* AMA Two Mature HMO Adjusted FTE GMENAC Kaiser Portland 7 Kaiser Plans GHC Seattle Three HMOs Goodman Hicks & Glenn Solucient Average Requirement
Standard Phys/100,000 Pop.
7.5 5.4 5.0 3.1 3.0 1.8 2.9
3.6 2.6 4.2 3.5
2008 Actual
Population Physicians /100k
64,558
2
3.1
Physician Need
5
Status Deficit: -3
3
Deficit: -1
3
Deficit: -1
2
Adequate 0
2
Adequate 0
1
Surplus: 1
2
Adequate 0
2
Adequate 0
2
Adequate 0
3
Deficit: -1
2
Adequate 0
2015 Projected
Population 69,994
Physician Need 5 4 3 2 1 1 2
3 2 3 2
146 Georgia Physician Workforce: County Reports - 2008
Walker County Physician Standard Report
Page 2
Physician Specialty Emergency Medicine
National Physician Standards* AMA Two Mature HMO Adjusted FTE GMENAC Kaiser Portland 7 Kaiser Plans GHC Seattle Three HMOs Goodman Hicks & Glenn Solucient Average Requirement
Standard Phys/100,000 Pop.
10.5 5.5 5.2 5.4 6.7 5.3
2.7
12.4 6.2
2008 Actual
Population Physicians /100k
64,558
3
4.6
Physician Need
7
Status Deficit: -4
4
Deficit: -1
3
Adequate 0
3
Adequate 0
4
Deficit: -1
3
Adequate 0
2
Surplus: 1
8
Deficit: -5
4
Deficit: -1
2015 Projected
Population 69,994
Physician Need 7 4 4 4 4 4
2
9 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 Physicians /100k
64,558
18
27.9
Physician Need
20
Status Deficit: -2
29
Deficit: -11
28
Deficit: -10
16
Surplus: 2
11
Surplus: 7
7
Surplus: 11
6
Surplus: 12
10
Surplus: 8
15
Surplus: 3
15
Surplus: 3
2015 Projected
Population 69,994
Physician Need 22 32 30 18 8 8
6
11 16 17
146 Georgia Physician Workforce: County Reports - 2008
Walker County Physician Standard Report
Page 3
Physician Specialty Nephrology
National Physician Standards* AMA Two Mature HMO Adjusted FTE GMENAC Kaiser Portland 7 Kaiser Plans GHC Seattle Three HMOs Goodman Hicks & Glenn Solucient Average Requirement
Standard Phys/100,000 Pop.
2.6 1.4 1.3 1.1 0.8 0.7 0.9
0.7 1.0
2008 Actual
Population Physicians /100k
64,558
2
3.1
Physician Need
2
Status Adequate 0
1
Surplus: 1
1
Surplus: 1
1
Surplus: 1
1
Surplus: 1
0
Surplus: 2
1
Surplus: 1
0
Surplus: 2
1
Surplus: 1
2015 Projected
Population 69,994
Physician Need 2 1 1 1 0 0 1
1 1
Physician Specialty OB/GYN
National Physician Standards* AMA Two Mature HMO Adjusted FTE GMENAC Kaiser Portland 7 Kaiser Plans GHC Seattle Three HMOs Goodman Hicks & Glenn Solucient Average Requirement
Standard Phys/100,000 Pop.
14.1 12.1 11.3 9.9 11.6 11.5 10.0 8.8 8.4 8.0 10.2 10.2
2008 Actual
Population Physicians /100k
64,558
1
1.5
Physician Need
9
Status Deficit: -8
8
Deficit: -7
7
Deficit: -6
6
Deficit: -5
7
Deficit: -6
7
Deficit: -6
6
Deficit: -5
6
Deficit: -5
5
Deficit: -4
5
Deficit: -4
7
Deficit: -6
7
Deficit: -6
2015 Projected
Population 69,994
Physician Need 10 8 8 7 8 8 7 6 6 6 7 7
146 Georgia Physician Workforce: County Reports - 2008
Walker County Physician Standard Report
Page 4
Physician Specialty Opthalmology
National Physician Standards* AMA Two Mature HMO Adjusted FTE GMENAC Kaiser Portland 7 Kaiser Plans GHC Seattle Three HMOs Goodman Hicks & Glenn Solucient Average Requirement
Standard Phys/100,000 Pop.
6.0 5.9 5.5 4.6 2.4 3.1 5.0
3.5 3.2 4.7 4.2
2008 Actual
Population Physicians /100k
64,558
1
1.5
Physician Need
4
Status Deficit: -3
4
Deficit: -3
4
Deficit: -3
3
Deficit: -2
2
Deficit: -1
2
Deficit: -1
3
Deficit: -2
2
Deficit: -1
2
Deficit: -1
3
Deficit: -2
3
Deficit: -2
2015 Projected
Population 69,994
Physician Need 4 4 4 3 2 2 3
2 2 3 3
Physician Specialty Radiology
National Physician Standards* AMA Two Mature HMO Adjusted FTE GMENAC Kaiser Portland 7 Kaiser Plans GHC Seattle Three HMOs Goodman Hicks & Glenn Solucient Average Requirement
Standard Phys/100,000 Pop.
11.4 13.6 13.7 7.7 8.5 4.7 7.7
8.0
9.1
2008 Actual
Population Physicians /100k
64,558
2
3.1
Physician Need
7
Status Deficit: -5
9
Deficit: -7
9
Deficit: -7
5
Deficit: -3
5
Deficit: -3
3
Deficit: -1
5
Deficit: -3
5
Deficit: -3
6
Deficit: -4
2015 Projected
Population 69,994
Physician Need 8 10 10 5 3 3 5
6
6
146 Georgia Physician Workforce: County Reports - 2008
Walker County Physician Standard Report
Page 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 /100k
64,558
2
3.1
Physician Need
8
Status Deficit: -6
6
Deficit: -4
6
Deficit: -4
6
Deficit: -4
5
Deficit: -3
4
Deficit: -2
4
Deficit: -2
3
Deficit: -1
6
Deficit: -4
3
Deficit: -1
4
Deficit: -2
5
Deficit: -3
2015 Projected
Population 69,994
Physician Need 9 7 6 7 4 4 4 3 7 3 4 5
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.