August 2017 Erin Fraher PhD, MPP; Erica Richman, PhD, MSW; Evan Galloway, MPS; Andy Knapton, MSc Overview The DocFlows App allows users to query, download and share maps and graphs of interstate moves by residents and actively practicing physicians in 35 specialties. Data can be used by state and federal policy makers to understand where… Read more »
Rapid growth in NP and PA supply will likely mitigate national physician shortage
May 5, 2017 Andy Knapton, MSc; Erin Fraher; PhD, MPP Presentation to the 13th Annual AAMC Health Workforce Research Conference Presentation Overview Numerous forecasts have projected a future shortage of physicians. These forecasts have struggled to quantify the effect that the expanding supply of NPs and PAs will have on physician demand in the future…. Read more »
State-Based Approaches to Reforming Medicaid-Funded Graduate Medical Education
May 5, 2017 Erin Fraher, PhD; Julie Spero, MSPH; Tom Bacon, DrPH Presentation to the 13th Annual AAMC Health Workforce Research Conference Presentation Overview High level of interest, limited implementation Most states seeking new funds, not redistributing existing funds Oversight bodies play critical role in educating legislature and navigating competing interests We heard loud call… Read more »
FutureDocs: Nation has Enough Physicians to Meet the Nation’s Overall Needs – For Now. Distribution to Worsen
April 26, 2017 Emily K. Tierney, Thomas C. Rickets, Andy Knapton, Erin P. Fraher Issue Brief Summary: This Brief uses data from the FutureDocs Forecasting Tool (FDFT) to assess whether the supply and distribution of physicians in the United States will be sufficient to meet the future demand for healthcare services. Currently in 2017, supply… Read more »
State-Based Approaches to Reforming Medicaid-Funded Graduate Medical Education
January 23, 2017 Presentation at GMEI Summit, Albuquerque, New Mexico Authors: Erin P. Fraher, PhD, MPP; Julie Spero, MSPH; Tom Bacon, DrPH Presentation Overview: There is a high level of interest, but limited implementation at the state level for GME reform Most states are seeking new funds, not redistributing existing funds Oversight bodies play critical… Read more »
Protected: The Future Supply and Demand of Physicians in the Charlotte Region and Rest of North Carolina, 2017-2035
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The Sticky Wicket of Projecting Physician Workforce Needs
Author: Erin P. Fraher, PhD, MPP Presentation to the National Health Policy Forum March 4, 2016 Presentation Overview: The lure of the shortage rhetoric Why don’t workforce models agree? Case study: our workforce projection model Using models as tools to simulate policy change, rather than the “answer” Understand effect of overlapping/shifting roles on workforce needs… Read more »
Toward a National Strategic Plan for GME: Stakeholders, Data and Innovative State Approaches
Author: Erin Fraher, PhD, MPP Presentation to the Council on Graduate Medical Education April 7, 2016 Presentation Overview: Who are the key GME stakeholders? What if we actually used data to allocate GME positions? What are states doing to reform GME?
Medical Education in North Carolina: Using Data to Inform Public Policy Decisions
Authors: Tom Bacon, DrPH; Erin Fraher, PhD, MPP; Julie Spero, MSPH May 6, 2016 Presentation at AAMC Health Workforce Research Conference Presentation Overview: Describe effort to establish a new medical school in Charlotte, NC Use as case study to show power of data to inform policy Present results of a new report done on the… Read more »
The Contribution of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to the State’s Physician Workforce
Erin Fraher & Erica Richman June 2016 The Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research’s Program on Health Workforce Research & Policy present a report on the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s contribution to the North Carolina physician workforce. Data is derived from the American Medical Association 2013 Physician Master file.
Where did North Carolina Physicians Complete Residency?
Kathryn A. Lavoie, James Terry, Katie Gaul, Julie C. Spero, & Erin P. Fraher June 2016 The Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research’s Program on Health Workforce Research & Policy present a report on trends in residency location for physicians in active practice in North Carolina from 2000 to 2014.
Where did North Carolina physicians go to medical school?
March, 2016 Erin P. Fraher, Kathryn A. Lavoie, Katie Gaul This brief reports on trends in medical school location for physicians in active practice in North Carolina, 2000-2014. Data shows which North Carolina medical schools have the most graduates practicing in the state, and shows the percent of each school’s graduates practicing in each North Carolina… Read more »
2013 North Carolina Health Professions Data Book
The Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research publishes the North Carolina Health Professions Data Book which is widely used by state officials, researchers, and professionals in the health care industry as the official source of health professions statistics. The annual publication includes state-, region-, and county-level statistics, as well as demographic and health-related… Read more »
The FutureDocs Forecasting Model: It’s a Tool Not an Answer
Presentation to AAMC Workforce Conference April 30, 2015 Erin P. Fraher, PhD, MPP Presentation Overview: What makes our model different? Starts with a different question Employs new methodology Uses different geography Seeks different outcome Incorporates 3 models, 3 types of visualizations, 3 geographic views, and 5+ alternate scenarios
Diffusion of Physicians and Access to Primary Care: The Role of Person, Program, and Place
Thomas C. Ricketts, PhD, MPH Key Findings: 1) It is not currently possible to generate models that predict who will move into or out of a rural HPSA or which rural HPSAs are more or less likely to attract physicians. 2) Federal programs and incentives that seek to promote practice in underserved communities are only… Read more »
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