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 »

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… Read more »

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  

The State of the Physician Workforce in North Carolina: Overall Physician Supply Will Likely Be Sufficient but Is Maldistributed by Specialty and Geography

The number of physicians in North Carolina currently meets the needs of the population, but there are problems with geographic and specialty distribution. The match of supply to demand is likely to remain in rough balance due to the rapid increase in the number of new medical schools in the nation, the expansion of medical school classes in North Carolina, and a… Read more »