A report describing the supply and distribution of pharmacists in North Carolina through 2008.
Pharmacists in North Carolina: Steady Numbers, Changing Roles
Executive Summary (February 2014) This study of the pharmacy workforce in NC was conducted by the Program on Health Workforce Research and Policy at the Cecil G. Sheps Center (Sheps Center) in response to a request by the University of North Carolina General Administration. Key Findings: NC Has a Strong Supply of Pharmacists The Pharmacist… Read more »
Trends in the Primary Care and Specialist Physician Workforce in NC
Describe trends in the supply and distribution of 1) the primary care workforce, including physicians, NPs and PAs; and 2) the specialty workforce, focusing on surgeons, psychiatrists, ob/gyns and pediatricians Examine race/ethnicity of the workforce compared to NC’s population Illustrate difference in hours worked per week in patient care by sex and age Begin discussion… Read more »
North Carolina Providers*: Supply and Distribution by Race (NCIOM)
Race of NC providers compared to NC population Rates of practicing in rural and undeserved areas by race Geographic distribution of underrepresented NC physicians compared to population *providers include physicians, physician assistants and nurse practitioners.
Creating a Healthy Economy and a Healthy Population
Why We Need to Pay Attention to the Rising Demand for Allied Health Workers in NC How to count allied health workers Why should policy makers care about the allied health care workforce? Allied health job bacancy tracking project What’s needed? Better coordination of allied health workforce development efforts
The Dentist Workforce in North Carolina
Trends in the supply Geographic distribution Training location, demographic and practice characteristics Projections
The Dentist Workforce in North Carolina – UPDATED WITH 2007 DATA
Trends in supply Geographic distribution Training location, demographic and practice characteristics Updated Projections
The Dentist Workforce in North Carolina – UPDATED WITH 2009 DATA
Trends in supply Geographic distribution Training location, demographic and practice characteristics Updated Projections
One State’s Effort to Track the Social Accountability of Medical Education
Policy context and dilemmas Medical student tracking in NC: history, data sources, methods Findings: retention of NC medical students five years out Discussion and lessons learned Future directions
Physicians in North Carolina: Sufficiency, Shortage or “Stress”
Current policy context What’s a shortage? Trends in supply and distribution Where do NC physicians come from? Why do we care where physicians trained? Who counts as primary care? If we need more people, who do we need? Health workforce planning in NC
Allied Health Vacancies and Health Workforce Diversity in NC
Overview of the NC HPDS Review of the fall 2011 NC allied health vacancy report Review of NC health workforce diversity (2009 data)
The Dental Workforce in North Carolina
Trends, Challenges and Opportunities Setting the policy context Trends in supply and distribution Demographic and practice characteristics Projections and implications
Trends in the Supply and Distribution of Nurse Practitioners in North Carolina
Where do we get data on NPs in North Carolina? How many NPs are there and where are they? What are NPs’ demographic, education and practice characteristics?
Supply, Demand, and New Roles for the Pharmacist Workforce
A North Carolina Case Study May 1, 2014: AAMC Health Workforce Research Conference Overview • NC Pharmacist Supply • NC Pharmacist Demand • New and Emerging Roles for Pharmacists
Trends in the Supply and Distribution of Obstetric Delivery Providers in North Carolina
February 26, 2014: Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Health and Human Services Subcommittee on Midwives Presentation Overview Where do we get the data? How many physicians provide deliveries in NC and how has that number change over time? Do we have more or fewer CNMs relative to the nation? Where do they practice? How many… Read more »