Product: publication in Annals of Surgery Authors: Erin P. Fraher PhD; Andy Knapton MSc; George F. Sheldon MD; Anthony Meyer MD; Thomas C. Ricketts PhD Read the manuscript
Improving Our Understanding of the Surgical Oncology Workforce
Product: publication in Annals of Surgery Authors: Karyn B. Stitzenberg, MD, MPH; YunKyung Chang, PhD, RN; Raphael Louie MD, MPH; Jennifer S. Groves, MBA; Danielle Durham, MPH; Erin Fraher, PhD, MPP Read the manuscript
Future Supply of Pediatric Surgeons
Product: publication in the Annals of Surgery Authors: Thomas C. Ricketts; William T. Adamson; Erin P. Fraher; Andy Knapton ; James D. Geiger; Fizan Abdullah; Michael D. Klein Read the manuscript
Place and Population Matter in General Surgeon Location and Practice Structure
Product type: invited commentary in Health Policy Author: Thomas C. Ricketts, PhD, MPH Read the commentary here
The evolving sex, race, and ethnic composition of the surgical workforce: North Carolina is a bellwether of national change
Product type: publication in Surgery Author: Erin P. Fraher, PhD, MPP Read the manuscript here
A New Open-Source, Dynamic Model for Projecting Physician Supply and Demand
Model Overview With a grant from the Physicians Foundation, the Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research (Sheps Center) is developing a dynamic, open-source, web-based tool to project physician supply and demand and estimates of shortages in the United States. The model will be intuitive, easy to use, customizable, and freely available to all… Read more »
Developing an Open-Source Model for Projecting Physician Shortages in the United States
Empowering Physicians Improving Healthcare Developing an Open-Source Model for Projecting Physician Shortages in the United States The purpose of this document is to describe the status of work completed by the Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the first year of a two… Read more »
Trends in Graduate Medical Education in North Carolina 3-2013
Challenges and Next Steps Anticipating an increase in the demand for physician services in the near future, North Carolina’s two public medical schools recently increased their enrollment. In 2010, The University of North Carolina began to expand their entering classes from 160 entering positions to 180 positions by 2012. UNC also added regional placements in… Read more »
Physician Supply and Distribution in NC: Geography, Demography, Policy
Geography, Demography, Policy (NCIOM) Describe the geographic distribution of physicians in NC Describe the age-gender structure of NC physicians Comment on policies in other states and changes in production of physicians Opportunities for growth and collaboration Comment on potential changes in NC
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 »
The Dentist Workforce in North Carolina
Trends in the supply Geographic distribution Training location, demographic and practice characteristics Projections
Addressing “Stress” in the Health Care Workforce
Human Resources for Health The term “stress” is used to describe conditions where supply trends move differently than they have in the past Workforce problems and solutions Past and current research themes Questions to be asked
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
Aligning Graduate Medical Education with Surgical Workforce Needs
What changes are needed to better align GME policy to meet the surgical health needs of the US population? Projection of future supply of surgeons for 12 ACGME surgical specialties Cartographic analyses showing geographic distribution of surgery services Synthesis of lessons learned from state-based initiatives to expand GME training