Resources: Trends (182)
A Snapshot of Medical Student Education in the United States and Canada
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Thematic issue examining medical student education in the United States and Canada. Offers articles on the past and future of medical education, discusses the impact of the health care system on medical education, and provides medical school reports.
Location: Academic Medicine, 85(9):S
Date: 9/2010
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Tagged keywords: Education and Training, National, Physicians, Trends
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Survey of Obstetric and Gynecologic Hospitalists and Laborists
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Link: Abstract
Examines obstetricians and gynecologists who are practicing as laborists or hospitalists. Covers career satisfaction, work schedules, practice environment, the care they provide, and compensation. Identifies malpractice insurance as the most important benefit provided.
Author: Funk C, Anderson BL, Schulkin J, Weinstein L
Location: American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 203(2), 177.e1-4
Date: 8/2010
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Tagged keywords: Compensation, National, Obstetricians and Gynecologists, Physicians, Trends
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Trends in Tenure for Clinical M.D. Faculty in U.S. Medical Schools: A 25-Year Review
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Reviews trends in tenure for clinical M.D. faculty. Identifies a decrease in the portion of tenure-track faculty.
Organization: Association of American Medical Colleges
Date: 8/2010
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Tagged keywords: Faculty, National, Physicians, Trends
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Association of Schools of Public Health: Annual Data Report 2009
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Examines applications, new enrollments, students, graduates, and trend data for schools of public health. Includes demographics, areas of study, and breakdowns by school.
Organization: Association of Schools of Public Health
Date: 7/2010
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Tagged keywords: Dietitians and Nutritionists, Diversity, Education and Training, Environmental Health Specialists, Epidemiologists, Health Administrators, National, Public Health, Trends
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Tapping the Potential of the Health Care Workforce: Scope-of-Practice and Payment Policies for Advanced Practice Nurses and Physician Assistants
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Overviews the history of physician assistants and advanced practice nurses, their training, relevant public policies, and market forces that have shaped their fields. Discusses differences in scope of practice and payment policies and how they can increase access to specialty services.
Organization: National Health Policy Forum
Author: Cunningham R
Date: 7/2010
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Tagged keywords: Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists, Clinical Nurse Specialists, Compensation, Midwives, National, Nurse Practitioners, Nursing Occupations, Physician Assistants, Policy, Scope of Practice, Trends
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More Hospitals Paying Docs for On-Call Duty
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Highlights the increase in hospitals paying physicians for on-call coverage.
Author: Miller A
Location: Hospitals & Health Networks
Date: 6/2010
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Tagged keywords: Compensation, Hospitals, National, Physicians, Trends
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Primary Care Specialty Choices of United States Medical Graduates, 1997-2006
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Describes trends in specialty choice and identifies what makes allopathic medical school graduates more likely to choose primary care.
Author: Jeffe DB, Whelan AJ, Andriole DA
Location: Academic Medicine, 85(6), 947-58
Date: 6/2010
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Tagged keywords: Allopathic Physicians, Education and Training, National, Physicians, Primary Care, Specialty Choice, Trends
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Retiring Or Recharging?
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Highlights the increase in CEO retirement and considers how health reform may drive turnover among health care leaders.
Location: Hospitals & Health Networks
Date: 6/2010
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Tagged keywords: Health Administrators, Health Reform, National, Trends
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Utah's Physician Assistant Workforce, 2010
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Assesses the current capacity, emerging trends, and projected demand of Utahs' Physician Assistant workforce through 2025. Includes extensive data.
Organization: Utah Medical Education Council
Date: 6/2010
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Tagged keywords: Compensation, Physician Assistants, Rural, Supply and Demand, Trends, Utah
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Career Flexibility of Physician Assistants and the Potential for More Primary Care
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Link: Abstract
Examines how many and how frequently physician assistants change specialties. Discusses the implications for workforce policy and physician shortages.
Author: Hooker RS, Cawley JF, Leinweber W
Location: Health Affairs, 29(5), 880-6
Date: 5/2010
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Tagged keywords: National, Physician Assistants, Trends
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The Changing Face of Psychiatry
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Reviews the history of psychiatry, the impact of pharmacology and medications, and how science is likely to transform future treatments in a podcast.
Author: Nnamdi K
Date: 5/2010
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Tagged keywords: National, Psychiatrists, Trends
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The Changing Face of the General Surgeon: National and Local Trends in Resident Operative Experience
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Link: Abstract
Examines how changes in surgery have affected the scope of practice for general surgery with a focus on residents.
Author: Eckert M, Cuadrado D, Steele S, Brown T, Beekley A, Martin M
Location: American Journal of Surgery, 199(5), 652-6
Date: 5/2010
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Tagged keywords: General Surgeons, National, Residency Programs, Scope of Practice, Trends
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Culture Change Goes Mainstream
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Explains how the philosophy of culture change has spread rapidly throughout U.S. long-term care facilities since the mid-2000s. Discusses the Eden Alternative, the Green House Project, and the Pioneer Network. Notes that culture change has a positive effect on both consumers and direct-care workers.
Organization: PHI: Paraprofessional Healthcare Institute
Author: LaPorte M
Location: Provider, 36(5), 23-33
Date: 5/2010
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Tagged keywords: Health Care Support, Home Health Aides, Long Term Care Facilities, National, Nursing Aides, Trends
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Facing the Future of Cytopathology: Discerning the Future Needs of Our Profession
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Provides an overview of the current work environment for cytopathology, discusses the skills cytopathologists need for the future, and considers the implications. Summarizes cytotechnology workforce studies. Identifies strategies for preparing for the future of the profession.
Organization: American Society of Cytopathology
Author: ASC Multidisciplinary Steering Committee on the Future of Cytopathology
Date: 5/2010
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Tagged keywords: Cytotechnologists, Education and Training, Licensure and Certification, National, Supply and Demand, Trends
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Health Affairs May 2010: Reinventing Primary Care
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Thematic issue examining the primary care system crisis and promising solutions for system innovation.
Location: Health Affairs, 29(5)
Date: 5/2010
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Tagged keywords: National, Primary Care, Trends
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The New Health Care CEO
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Discusses how the role of hospital chief executive officers is evolving.
Author: Bolster CJ, Larrere J
Location: Hospitals & Health Networks
Date: 5/2010
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Tagged keywords: Health Administrators, National, Trends
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Promotion Rates for First-time Assistant and Associate Professors Appointed from 1967 to 1997
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Offers a brief analysis on trends in medical school faculty promotion. Includes comparisons between men and women and white and non-white promotion rates.
Organization: Association of American Medical Colleges
Author: Qi Liu C, Hershel A
Date: 5/2010
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Tagged keywords: Diversity, Faculty, National, Physicians, Trends
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Transforming Primary Care: From Past Practice to the Practice of the Future
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Link: Abstract
Identifies five building blocks for primary care transformation and discusses the importance of each and how they might be implemented.
Author: Margolius D, Bodenheimer T
Location: Health Affairs, 29(5), 779-84
Date: 5/2010
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Tagged keywords: National, Primary Care, Trends
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Gender Trends in Dental Leadership and Academics: A Twenty-Two-Year Observation
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Link: Abstract
Analyzes trends in female leadership in dental schools. Covers tenure, deanship, authorship, and involvement in professional organizations.
Author: Yuan JC, Lee DJ, Kongkiatkamon S, Ross S, Prasad S, Koerber A, Sukotjo C
Location: Journal of Dental Education, 74(4), 372-380
Date: 4/2010
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Tagged keywords: Dentists, Diversity, Faculty, National, Trends
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The Health Care Workforce in New York, 2008: Trends in the Supply and Demand for Health Workers
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Discusses health care workforce trends in New York by employment setting and region. Includes number of workers, recruitment and retention difficulties, and demand projections. Identifies the impact of the recession on the state's health care system, such as decreased demand for RNs.
Organization: Center for Health Workforce Studies - SUNY Albany
Author: Martiniano R, Armstrong D, Bates A, and Moore J
Date: 4/2010
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Tagged keywords: Cardiovascular Technologists and Technicians, Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians, Dental Hygienists, Dentists, Diagnostic Medical Sonographers, Dietitians and Nutritionists, Economy, Emergency Medical Technicians and Paramedics, Health Administrators, Health Information Coders, Health Information Technicians, Home Health Agencies, Home Health Aides, Hospitals, Licensed Practical Nurses and Licensed Vocational Nurses, Long Term Care Facilities, Medical Assistants, Medical Secretaries, New York, Nuclear Medicine Technologists, Nurse Practitioners, Nursing Aides, Occupational Therapy Occupations, Personal and Home Care Aides, Pharmacists, Pharmacy Technicians and Aides, Physical Therapy Occupations, Physician Assistants, Psychiatric Aides, Psychologists, Radiologic Technologists and Technicians, Registered Nurses, Respiratory Therapists, Social Workers, Speech-Language Pathologists, Supply and Demand, Surgical Technologists, Trends
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Medicaid Direct and Indirect Graduate Medical Education Payments: A 50 State Survey 2010
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Reports on a survey of state Medicaid programs to examine their policies for financing direct and/or indirect graduate medical education. Discusses the impact the economy on Medicaid spending. Includes the survey used.
Organization: Association of American Medical Colleges
Author: Henderson TM
Date: 4/2010
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Tagged keywords: Economy, Medicare and Medicaid, National, Physicians, Policy, Residency Programs, Trends
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A Model Linking Clinical Workforce Skill Mix Planning to Health and Health Care Dynamics
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Discusses the implications of skill mixing and workforce composition in workforce planning.
Author: Masnick K, McDonnell G
Location: Human Resources for Health, 8(1), 11
Date: 4/2010
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Tagged keywords: International, National, Research, Supply and Demand, Trends
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Older Direct-Care Workers: Key Facts and Trends
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Presents data pertaining to the aging direct-care workforce, particularly home care workers.
Organization: PHI: Paraprofessional Healthcare Institute
Date: 4/2010
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Tagged keywords: Health Care Support, Home Health Aides, National, Nursing Aides, Personal and Home Care Aides, Trends
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Private Schools of the Caribbean: Outsourcing Medical Education
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Link: Abstract
Offers a perspective on the number of Americans who graduate from offshore medical schools in the Caribbean. Reviews the forces driving the increase in these schools, the problems offshore schools create for state medical boards, and the need to learn more about non-US medical education.
Author: Eckhert NL
Location: Academic Medicine, 85(4), 622-30
Date: 4/2010
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Tagged keywords: Education and Training, International, International Medical Graduates, National, Physicians, Trends
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The Relationship between Tenure and Guaranteed Salary for U.S. Medical School Faculty
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Analyzes in brief the relationship between financial guarantee and tenure for clinical and basic science medical school faculty, and how that relationship has evolved over time.
Organization: Association of American Medical Colleges
Date: 4/2010
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Tagged keywords: Compensation, Faculty, National, Physicians, Trends
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State-Level Changes in AAOS Orthopaedic Fellows
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Examines trends in the supply density and average age of orthopaedic surgeons for each state. Identifies some states as potential shortage states.
Organization: American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
Author: Turkelson CM, Schmalz H, Zhao G
Date: 4/2010
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Tagged keywords: National, Physicians, Supply and Demand, Trends
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The Surgical Workforce in the United States: Profile and Recent Trends
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Provides information on active surgeons, residents, fellows, researchers, and faculty by surgical specialty. Identifies trends, gender diversity, age data, and the number of applicants to residency/fellowship programs.
Organizations: American College of Surgeons Health Policy Research Institute, Association of American Medical Colleges
Date: 4/2010
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Tagged keywords: Allopathic Physicians, Diversity, Faculty, General Surgeons, International Medical Graduates, National, Osteopathic Physicians, Physicians, Residency Programs, Supply and Demand, Trends
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Workforce Capacity in HIV
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Reports on a survey of Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program-funded clinics to examine the supply and demand of the HIV clinical workforce. Offers strategies to enhance workforce capacity.
Organization: Health Resources and Services Administration
Location: HRSA Care Action
Date: 4/2010
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Tagged keywords: Clinics, National, Physicians, Public Health, Supply and Demand, Trends
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2010 Physician Inpatient/Outpatient Revenue Survey
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Reports on a survey of physicians to determine how much money they made their affiliated hospitals to guide recruitment plans and physician compensation. Includes data from four years of surveys and covers a number of physician specialties.
Author: Merrit Hawkins
Date: 3/2010
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Tagged keywords: Compensation, Family Medicine Physicians, General Internal Medicine Physicians, General Pediatricians, General Surgeons, Hospitals, National, Obstetricians and Gynecologists, Physicians, Primary Care, Psychiatrists, Recruitment and Retention, Trends
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California Board of Registered Nursing 2008-2009 Annual School Report: Data Summary and Historical Trend Analysis
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Includes regional trend reports and an interactive database. Illustrates trends in nursing education throughout California.
Organization: California Board of Registered Nursing
Author: Waneka R, Spetz J
Date: 3/2010
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Tagged keywords: California, Registered Nurses, Trends
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Health Care Employment Projections: An Analysis of Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Projections, 2008-2018
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Presents a summary of labor projections for the period 2008 through 2018 for health care settings and
health care occupations. The report is designed to provide information about projected trends to
help health care industry, educators, policy makers, and other stakeholders better understand
which health occupations and professions will be in greatest demand in the next 10 years and
how to best to allocate resources to meet those needs.
Organization: Center for Health Workforce Studies - SUNY Albany
Author: Martiniano R, Bates A, and Armstrong D
Date: 3/2010
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Tagged keywords: National, Supply and Demand, Trends
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National Healthcare Quality Report, 2009
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Discusses health care quality in the United States. Includes trends in effectiveness of care, patient safety, timeliness of care, patient centeredness, and efficiency of care.
Organization: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Date: 3/2010
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Tagged keywords: Health Care Quality, National, Patient Safety, Trends
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North Carolina Trends in Nursing Education: 2004-2009
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Details trends in nursing education programs in North Carolina. Includes graphs and tables. Reports on applicants, enrollment, graduation, student demographics, nursing faculty characteristics and vacancies.
Organization: North Carolina Board of Nursing
Date: 3/2010
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Tagged keywords: Education and Training, Faculty, North Carolina, Nursing Occupations, Research, Trends
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Psychiatrists' Relationships With Pharmaceutical Companies: Part of the Problem or Part of the Solution?
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Link: Extract
Provides a perspective on the income psychiatrists receive from pharmaceutical companies and its impact on the profession. Considers how much they receive compared with other specialists, whether they disclose their financial interests, and whether the payments affect psychiatric practice.
Author: Insel TR
Location: Journal of the American Medical Association, 303(12), 1192-3
Date: 3/2010
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Tagged keywords: National, Psychiatrists, Trends
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Trends in the Supply of Pharmacists in North Carolina
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Describes the supply and distribution of pharmacists in North Carolina through 2008. Includes charts, graphs, and maps.
Organization: Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research
Date: 3/2010
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Tagged keywords: North Carolina, Pharmacists, Supply and Demand, Trends
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The Full-Time Clinical Faculty: What Goes Around, Comes Around
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Link: Abstract
Describes the historical development of full-time clinical faculty. Addresses the dangers Flexner foresaw as clinical educators spend more time on their practices than education.
Author: Barzansky B, Kenagy G
Location: Academic Medicine, 85(2), 260-5
Date: 2/2010
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Tagged keywords: Faculty, National, Physicians, Trends
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Medicaid and Managed Care: Key Data, Trends, and Issues
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Examines Medicaid managed care models, which seek to improve care coordination and access. Covers spending, state options, growth, issues, and trends.
Organization: Kaiser Family Foundation
Date: 2/2010
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Tagged keywords: Care Coordination, Health Care Access, Medicare and Medicaid, National, Primary Care, Trends
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The Migration of Surgeons
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Link: Abstract
Analyzes trends in surgeon migration for 1995 to 2006 and identifies factors affecting their migration. Covers location characteristics, the number of surgeons that migrate, and the surgeon's characteristics including surgical specialty. Identifies the trends as a concern for underserved areas.
Organization: American College of Surgeons Health Policy Research Institute
Author: Ricketts TC
Location: Annals of Surgery, 251(2), 363-7
Date: 2/2010
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Tagged keywords: Distribution, General Surgeons, National, Physicians, Rural, Trends, Urban
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Provider Payment: Trends and Methods in the Massachusetts Health Care System
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Examines physician payment methods in Massachusetts for the commercial and public sectors, including global payments and pay-for-performance. Includes a comparison between primary care and specialist physician payment methods.
Organizations: Massachusetts Office of Health and Human Services, Mathematica Policy Research
Date: 2/2010
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Tagged keywords: Compensation, Massachusetts, Physicians, Primary Care, Trends
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Results and Data: Specialties Matching Service, 2010 Appointment Year
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Summarizes all fellowship matches conducted by the NRMP's Specialties Matching Service. Provides data for matches conducted in 2009 and early 2010 for appointments beginning in July 2010. Shows trend data over the past five years and the numbers of programs and positions as well as match rates by specialty.
Organization: National Resident Matching Program
Date: 2/2010
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Tagged keywords: Allopathic Physicians, Education and Training, National, Osteopathic Physicians, Physicians, Primary Care, Residency Programs, Statistics and Data, Trends
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Trends in the Work Hours of Physicians in the United States
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Examines trends in physician and resident work hours over a 33-year period, physician fees, and the implications for physician supply. Details work hour trends by age, work setting, and gender and discusses possible factors behind these trends.
Author: Staiger DO, Auerbach DI, Buerhaus PI
Location: Journal of the American Medical Association, 303(8), 747-753
Date: 2/2010
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Tagged keywords: Compensation, Diversity, National, Physicians, Supply and Demand, Trends
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The Challenges and Opportunities for Osteopathic Medical Education
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Offers a presentation on osteopathic medical education from the UMDNJ-SOM Strategic Planning Session. Covers the current health care environment, the medical home, anticipated physician shortages, osteopathic medical school growth, average MCAT scores and grade point averages, graduate medical education, student debt, primary care, diversity, and more. Includes numerous charts.
Organization: American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine
Author: Shannon SC
Date: 1/2010
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Tagged keywords: Care Coordination, Diversity, Education and Training, National, Osteopathic Physicians, Primary Care, Trends
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Connecting the Dots Between Learning and Resources
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Discusses the kinds of resources an institutions needs in order to produce a given level of student attainment. Discusses student demographics, degree attainment, and cost-per-degree vs cost-per-enrollment.
Organization: National Institute for Learning Outcomes Assessment
Author: Wellman J
Date: 1/2010
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Tagged keywords: Education and Training, National, Trends
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Dental Services and Workforce in New Hampshire
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Additional Link: Executive Summary
Analyzes New Hampshire's dental workforce. Covers supply, demographics, distribution, access (including for Medicaid enrollees), trends, school-based dental services, and shortage areas. Includes maps and the number of dentists in each county.
Organization: New Hampshire Center for Public Policy Studies
Author: Tappin R, Norton S
Date: 1/2010
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Tagged keywords: Dental Assistants, Dental Hygienists, Dental Occupations, Dentists, Distribution, Maps, Medicare and Medicaid, New Hampshire, School Health, Shortage Designations, Supply and Demand, Trends
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Florida Nursing Education Capacity and Nurse Faculty Supply/Demand 2007-2009 Trends
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Analyzes trends in Florida's nursing education capacity and faculty supply and demand.
Organization: Florida Center for Nursing
Date: 1/2010
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Tagged keywords: Education and Training, Florida, Licensed Practical Nurses and Licensed Vocational Nurses, Nurse Practitioners, Nursing Aides, Nursing Occupations, Registered Nurses, Supply and Demand, Trends
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Part-Time Work Among Pediatricians Expands
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Reports on trends in part-time pediatrician employment. Examines growth in part-time employment, gender, rural or urban practice location, and job satisfaction. Considers the implications for workforce shortages.
Organization: American Academy of Pediatrics
Author: Cull WL, O'Connor KG, Olson LM
Location: Pediatrics, 125(1), 152-7
Date: 1/2010
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Tagged keywords: General Pediatricians, National, Physicians, Supply and Demand, Trends
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Workforce 2015: Strategy Trumps Shortage
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Offers recommendations for hospitals to address health workforce challenges despite provider shortages. Identifies anticipated changes in health care delivery, including the increased use of teams, and trends in the workforce, such as the characteristics of the new generation of health care providers.
Organization: American Hospital Association
Date: 1/2010
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Tagged keywords: Care Coordination, Hospitals, National, Physicians, Policy, Recruitment and Retention, Supply and Demand, Trends
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Workforce Facts and Trends at a Glance: The Hospital Leader's Guide
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Offers a chartbook on national workforce trends, trends and challenges in the health workforce, and the workforce implications of younger physicians and millennials.
Organization: American Hospital Association
Date: 1/2010
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Tagged keywords: Hospitals, National, Nurse Practitioners, Nursing Occupations, Physicians, Trends
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2010 Review of Physician Recruiting Incentives
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Reports on physician recruitment from a major recruiting firm. Details specialties in demand, salary guarantees offered, and other recruitment incentives. Identifies high demand for primary care physicians and a decrease in search assignments due to the economic downturn.
Author: Merrit Hawkins
Date: 2010
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Tagged keywords: Compensation, Economy, Family Medicine Physicians, General Internal Medicine Physicians, General Pediatricians, General Surgeons, National, Obstetricians and Gynecologists, Physicians, Psychiatrists, Recruitment and Retention, Trends
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A Crisis Is a Really Terrible Thing to Waste
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Highlights how the economy has affected pharmacists and pharmacy education. Offers a viewpoint on how the economic crises can encourage change in the profession.
Author: Chisholm-Burns MA
Location: American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education, 74(2), 19
Date: 2010
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Tagged keywords: Economy, Education and Training, National, Pharmacists, Pharmacy Occupations, Trends
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Data Tables from the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP) 2010 Match
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Provides residency matching trends for pediatrics and primary care physician specialties in a PowerPoint format. Includes data on international medical school graduates.
Organization: AAP Division of Workforce and Medical Education Policy
Date: 2010
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Tagged keywords: General Pediatricians, International Medical Graduates, National, Residency Programs, Trends
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How Special Is Family Medicine?
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Highlights the increase in fellowships for family medicine and discusses the potential impact on the family medicine workforce.
Author: Association of Family Medicine Residency Directors
Location: Annals of Family Medicine, 8(2), 178
Date: 2010
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Tagged keywords: Family Medicine Physicians, National, Trends
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Futurescan 2010: Healthcare Trends and Implications 2010-2015
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Highlights eight trends impacting the nation's healthcare organizations. Discusses trends such as building a sustainable nursing workforce, healthcare IT, and hospital and physician integration. Available for purchase for $45.00.
Organization: American College of Healthcare Executives
Date: 12/2009
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Tagged keywords: Care Coordination, Health Informaticians, Health Information Technicians, National, Registered Nurses, Technology, Trends
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General Surgery Resident Practice Plans: A Workforce for the Future?
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Link: Abstract
Reports on a survey of general surgery residency programs. Identifies trends related to the general surgeon shortage, such as more general surgery residents limiting their practice scope through fellowships.
Author: Hudkins JR, Helmer SD, Smith RS
Location: American Journal of Surgery, 198(6), 798-803
Date: 12/2009
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Tagged keywords: General Surgeons, National, Physicians, Residency Programs, Supply and Demand, Trends
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Workforce Issues in Rural Surgery
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Link: Abstract
Provides an overview of the distribution, demographics, and trends for rural general surgeons. Identifies major workforce issues for rural general surgery.
Author: Lynge DC, Larson EH
Location: Surgical Clinics of North America, 89(6), 1285-91, vii.
Date: 12/2009
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Tagged keywords: Distribution, General Surgeons, National, Rural, Trends
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2009 AAMC Annual Meeting Physician Workforce Presentations
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Contains presentations by the Association of American Medical College Center for Workforce Studies from the AAMC 2009 Annual Meeting in Boston, Massachusetts held Nov. 6-11.
Organization: Association of American Medical Colleges Center for Workforce Studies
Date: 11/2009
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Tagged keywords: Academic Health Centers, National, Physicians, Primary Care, Supply and Demand, Trends
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Caregiving in the U.S. 2009
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Provides a detailed overview of family caregivers in the United States, including trends. Covers caregivers of special needs children and of older adults.
Organization: AARP
Date: 11/2009
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Tagged keywords: National, Personal and Home Care Aides, Trends
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National Trends in the United States of American Physician Assistant Workforce from 1980 to 2007
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Reports findings from a study using 1980-2007 U.S. Census data to determine the demographic distribution of the physician assistant (PA) workforce and PA-to-population relationships.
Author: He XE, Cyran E, Salling M
Location: Human Resources for Health, 7(8)
Date: 11/2009
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Tagged keywords: National, Physician Assistants, Supply and Demand, Trends
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Women in U.S. Academic Medicine: Statistics and Benchmarking Report 2008-2009
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Provides a national snapshot of the distribution of women students, residents, faculty and administrative
leaders in academic medicine. Summarizes data and identifies trends.
Organization: Association of American Medical Colleges
Author: Leadley J
Date: 11/2009
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Tagged keywords: Academic Health Centers, Allopathic Physicians, Diversity, Education and Training, Faculty, Family Medicine Physicians, General Internal Medicine Physicians, General Pediatricians, General Surgeons, National, Obstetricians and Gynecologists, Physicians, Psychiatrists, Residency Programs, Trends
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The Aging of Full-time U.S. Medical School Faculty: 1967-2007
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Additional Link: Supplement
Charts trends related to the average age of medical school faculty.
Organization: Association of American Medical Colleges
Author: Alexander H, Qi Liu C
Date: 10/2009
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Tagged keywords: Faculty, National, Physicians, Trends
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Beyond Health Reform
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Discusses Medicare payments and workforce issues hospitals need to plan for. Examines the reasons more physicians are seeking hospital employment. Identifies how hospitals can prepare for the retirement of the baby boomer generation.
Author: Goldsmith J
Location: Hospitals & Health Networks
Date: 10/2009
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Tagged keywords: Hospitals, National, Physicians, Supply and Demand, Trends
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Matching Patients with Providers Across the United States
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Summarizes findings from three articles on mental health care provider supply and demand: "County-Level Estimates of Mental Health Professional Shortage in the United States," "County-Level Estimates of Mental Health Professional Supply in the United States," and "County-Level Estimates of Need for Mental Health Professionals in the United States." Identifies several trends.
Author: Freedman R
Location: Psychiatric Services, 60(10), 1293
Date: 10/2009
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Tagged keywords: Behavioral Health Occupations, Mental Health, National, Supply and Demand, Trends
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Requiem for the General Surgeon: The End of an Era (Who Will Repair that Hernia Now?)
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Addresses the trends contributing to the decline in general surgeons.
Author: Kasotakis G
Location: Bulletin of the American College of Surgeons, 94(10), 20-22
Date: 10/2009
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Tagged keywords: General Surgeons, National, Supply and Demand, Trends
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Trends in Midlevel Provider Utilization in Emergency Departments from 1997 to 2006
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Link: Abstract
Reports that more emergency departments are using midlevel providers and midlevel providers are seeing more emergency department patients.
Author: Menchine MD, Wiechmann W, Rudkin S
Location: Academic Emergency Medicine, 16(10), 963-9
Date: 10/2009
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Tagged keywords: Hospitals, National, Nurse Practitioners, Physician Assistants, Trends
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2010 AHA Environmental Scan
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Identifies major trends important for hospitals. Covers technology, insurance coverage, political issues, physicians, patient safety, health care quality, and more.
Organization: American Hospital Association
Author: O'Dell GJ, Runy LA
Location: Hospitals & Health Networks, 83(9), 39-41, 43-6, 48-9
Date: 9/2009
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Tagged keywords: Hospitals, National, Trends
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Health Care Employment Trends in Maine
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Provides an overview of trends for Maine's health care employment for 1998-2008. Covers growth, employment structure, wages, job outlook, and turnover.
Organization: Maine Department of Labor
Date: 9/2009
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Tagged keywords: Maine, Trends
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The Medical School Applicant Pool from Alaska: Implications for the Development of Medical Education in the State
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Link: Abstract
Examines applicant and matriculate trends for allopathic medical schools for Alaskans. Identifies how state with medical schools generate more applicants. Highlights the need for changes to increase Alaska's applicant pool.
Author: Valenzeno DP, Sicilia J
Location: Alaska Medicine, 51, 7-9, 44-6
Date: 9/2009
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Tagged keywords: Alaska, Education and Training, Physicians, Trends
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Physician Alignment
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Identifies an increase in hospitals hiring physicians in the past few years, and a decrease in private practice.
Author: Terry K
Location: Hospitals & Health Networks, 83(9), 22-5
Date: 9/2009
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Tagged keywords: Hospitals, National, Physicians, Recruitment and Retention, Trends
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Physician Employment 2.0
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Examines how physician employment has changed since the 1990s.
Author: DeBoer A, Stattenfield R, Iyenger AN
Location: Hospitals & Health Networks
Date: 9/2009
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Trend Points: Forces and Directions Shaping the Minnesota Health Care Future
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Predicts the futures of health care in Minnesota by 2012. Includes June 2009 statistics from the Kaiser Family Foundation's State Health Facts on Minnesota.
Organization: Minnesota Hospital Association
Date: 9/2009
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Tagged keywords: Hospitals, Minnesota, Trends
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HSC's 14th Annual Wall Street Comes to Washington Conference
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Includes a transcript from the 2009 Center for Studying Health System Change conference. Covers trends related to the health insurance market, hospitals, and physicians.
Organization: Center for Studying Health System Change
Date: 7/2009
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Tagged keywords: Hospitals, National, Physicians, Trends
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Trends in Demand for New Physicians, 2002- 2008: A Summary of Demand Indicators for 35 Physician Specialties
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Presents profiles for 35 physician specialties in New York. Includes supply and demand, starting income, job offers, having to change plans due to limited practice opportunities, relative demand, and the national number of graduates for each specialty.
Organization: Center for Health Workforce Studies - SUNY Albany
Author: Armstrong D, Forte G
Date: 7/2009
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Trends in Publicly Reported Nursing Facility Quality Measures
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Provides a description of each Quality Measure (QM). Presents graphs and charts on physical conditions, depression, weight loss, function, post acute care, and urinary system.
Organization: American Health Care Association
Date: 7/2009
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Tagged keywords: Health Care Quality, Long Term Care Facilities, National, Trends
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The Global Pharmacy Workforce: A Systematic Review of the Literature
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Examines global trends in the pharmacy workforce through a literature review. Covers pharmacy service demand factors, distribution, recruitment and retention, and support for pharmacy technician regulation.
Author: Hawthorne N, Anderson C
Location: Human Resources for Health, 7(48)
Date: 6/2009
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Tagged keywords: Distribution, International, Pharmacists, Pharmacy Occupations, Recruitment and Retention, Supply and Demand, Trends
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Maryland’s Allied Health Industry Workforce: Report and Recommendations
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Discusses allied health workforce trends in Maryland. Identifies shortages, factors contributing to them, and recommendations. Includes maps of the state's underserved and shortage areas.
Organization: Governor's Workforce Investment Board
Date: 6/2009
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Tagged keywords: Allied Health, Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians, Dental Hygienists, Health Information Technicians, Maryland, Mental Health Counselors, Occupational Therapy Occupations, Physical Therapy Occupations, Radiologic Technologists and Technicians, Respiratory Therapists, Speech-Language Pathologists, Substance Abuse and Behavioral Disorder Counselors, Supply and Demand, Surgical Technologists, Trends
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Trends in Nursing Facility Characteristics
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Presents data and graphs regarding nursing facility occupancy, direct care staff hours, certified nursing facilities, and nursing facility characteristics.
Organization: American Health Care Association
Date: 6/2009
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Longitudinal Trends in the U.S. Surgical Workforce 1981-2006
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Identifies trends in the surgical workforce supply and distribution for 1981-2006. Compares trends for general surgeons and specialist surgeons. Includes a national map showing the percent change in general surgeon supply per 100,000 by county.
Organization: American College of Surgeons Health Policy Research Institute
Author: Poley S, Belsky D, Gaul K, Ricketts T, Fraher E, Sheldon G
Date: 5/2009
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Tagged keywords: Distribution, General Surgeons, Maps, National, Physicians, Rural, Supply and Demand, Trends, Urban
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Maryland Trends in Enrollment by Program
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Provides enrollment trends for every program and higher education institution in Maryland for 1995-2008.
Organization: Maryland Higher Education Commission
Date: 5/2009
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Surgical Workforce: An Emerging Crisis
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Discusses the surgical workforce shortage, causes, and solutions. Includes examples of state physician workforce findings and initiatives.
Author: McDonald K, Sutton J
Location: Bulletin of the American College of Surgeons, 94(5), 21-6
Date: 5/2009
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Tagged keywords: Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, General Surgeons, Georgia, Hawaii, Massachusetts, Physicians, Supply and Demand, Trends
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Trends in Medicaid Physician Fees, 2003-2008
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Link: Abstract
Examines trends in physician Medicaid reimbursement. Includes average Medicaid fees for various procedures, the percent change in Medicaid fees for each state, and the Medicaid to Medicare fee ratios for each state.
Author: Zuckerman S, Williams AF, Stockley KE
Location: Health Affairs, 28(3), w510-9
Date: 4/2009
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Tagged keywords: Medicare and Medicaid, National, Physicians, Trends
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Trends in Oklahoma Hospital Professions Supply, Vacancies, Turnover & Educational Capacity Expansion
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Provides survey results of Oklahoma hospitals to determine health professions vacancies, turnover rates, and trends.
Organization: Oklahoma Health Care Workforce Center
Date: 4/2009
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Trends in Workforce Diversity in Vascular Surgery Programs in the United States
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Link: Abstract
Assess trends in the percentage of minorities and women accepted into vascular surgery specialties compared to other surgical specialties. Concludes programs to increase diversity in other specialties were successful.
Author: Kane K, Rosero EB, Clagett GP, Adams-Huet B, Timaran CH
Location: Journal of Vascular Surgery, 2009 Apr 25. [Epub ahead of print]
Date: 4/2009
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Tagged keywords: Diversity, National, Physicians, Trends
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Under the Microscope: Trends in Laboratory Medicine
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Provides an overview of laboratory medicine including factors that shape it such as economic, regulatory, workplace, and technology.
Organization: California Healthcare Foundation
Date: 4/2009
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Tagged keywords: Cytotechnologists, Laboratory Professionals, National, Trends
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Child and Adolescent Psychiatry for the Future: Challenges and Opportunities
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Link: Abstract
Examines challenges facing the field of child and adolescent psychiatry, including recruitment challenges, scope of practice, training, and more. Highlights the importance of collaborating with other health care practitioners.
Author: McCarthy M, Abenojar J, Anders TF
Location: Psychiatric Clinics of North America,;32(1), 213-26
Date: 3/2009
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Tagged keywords: Care Coordination, National, Psychiatrists, Scope of Practice, Trends
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Creating a Vision for Respiratory Care in 2015 and Beyond
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Link: Abstract
Discusses the respiratory care profession, identifies how the profession is changing, and suggests education and training needed to help meet these new challenges. Reports on the initial findings of a task force from the American Association for Respiratory Care.
Organization: American Association for Respiratory Care
Author: Kacmarek RM, Durbin CG, Barnes TA, Kageler WV, Walton JR, O'Neil EH
Location: Respiratory Care, 54(3), 375-89
Date: 3/2009
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Tagged keywords: National, Respiratory Therapists, Trends
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Nursing Home Physician Specialists: A Response to the Workforce Crisis in Long-Term Care
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Additional Link: Abstract
Supports creating a nursing home physician specialty to help increase the number of physicians in long-term care.
Author: Katz PR, Karuza J, Intrator O, Mor V
Location: Annals of Internal Medicine, 150(6), 411-3
Date: 3/2009
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Tagged keywords: Geriatrics, Long Term Care Facilities, National, Physicians, Trends
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Subspecialization in Radiology and Radiation Oncology
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Link: Abstract
Reports on trends in subspecialization for radiation oncology and radiology. Offers a method for measuring subspecialization and workload.
Author: Smith GG, Thrall JH, Pentecost MJ, Fleishon HB, Knipp HC, Adams MJ, Rumack CM, Blumberg AL, Hoppe RT, Sunshine JH, Moser JW
Location: Journal of the American College of Radiology, 6(3), 147-159.e4
Date: 3/2009
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Tagged keywords: National, Physicians, Research, Trends
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Physician Supply Forecast: Better Than Peering in a Crystal Ball?
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Analyzes four methods for projecting physician supply.
Author: Roberfroid D, Leonard C, Stordeur S
Location: Human Resources for Health, 7:10
Date: 2/2009
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2008 Update on Student Admission, Enrollment and Graduation Trends in Professional Nursing Programs
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Presents student demographic data for the 92 initial RN licensure programs in Texas during the 2008 reporting
year.
Organization: Texas Center for Nursing Workforce Studies
Date: 1/2009
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Tagged keywords: Nursing Occupations, Registered Nurses, Texas, Trends
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American Academic: The State of the Higher Education Workforce 1997-2007
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Discusses the state of staffing in colleges and universities. Explores trends in hiring, compensation, working conditions, faculty shortage in various disciplines, and diversity.
Organization: American Federation of Teachers
Date: 2009
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Tagged keywords: Compensation, Education and Training, Faculty, Health Educators, National, Supply and Demand, Trends
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Analysis of Utah's Registered Nurse Workforce
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Presents workforce trends of Registered Nurses in Utah using existing government data.
Organization: Utah Medical Education Council
Date: 2009
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Tagged keywords: Compensation, Diversity, Registered Nurses, Trends, Utah
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Assessment of Epidemiology Capacity in State Health Departments, 2001-2006
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Link: Abstract
Reports on a survey of state health departments. Covers program capacity, the number of epidemiologists, their training, funding, and organizational structure. Identifies trends in state health department epidemiology capacity and a need for more epidemiologists.
Author: Boulton ML, Lemmings J, Beck AJ
Location: Journal of Public Health Management and Practice, 15(4), 328-36
Date: 2009
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Tagged keywords: Epidemiologists, National, Public Health, Supply and Demand, Trends
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Association of Schools of Public Health: Annual Data Report 2008
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Examines enrollment, applications, students, graduates, and trend data for schools of public health. Includes demographics, areas of study, and breakdowns by school.
Organization: Association of Schools of Public Health
Author: Dolinski K
Date: 2009
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Tagged keywords: Education and Training, National, Public Health, Trends
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Health Care Employment in Ohio: Components of a Growth Sector
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Provides an overview of the state's health care workforce. Includes trends and consider the impact of the recession. Updates the statistics and analysis from "Ohio Health Care Employment: Labor Market Trends and Challenges."
Organization: Ohio Department of Job & Family Services
Date: 2009
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Tagged keywords: Economy, Ohio, Supply and Demand, Trends
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NRMP Update
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Presents on National Resident Matching Program trends and proposed revisions. Reviews match trends, applicant and program director survey results, the current scramble, the proposed managed scramble, and changes to the match participation agreement. Includes specialty preferences.
Organization: National Resident Matching Program
Author: Signer MM
Date: 2009
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Tagged keywords: International Medical Graduates, National, Physicians, Residency Programs, Specialty Choice, Trends
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The Pediatric Orthopaedics Workforce Demands, Needs, and Resources
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Link: Abstract
Discusses pediatric orthopaedic supply and need, trends, and reasons people choose not to pursue this specialty. Offers recommendations.
Author: Schwend RM
Location: Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics, 29(7), 653-60
Date: 2009
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Tagged keywords: National, Physicians, Specialty Choice, Supply and Demand, Trends
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Preparing Pharmacy Graduates for Traditional and Emerging Career Opportunities
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Examines what current health care and economic trends mean for pharmacy practice and education, provides an overview of issues related to pharmacy education, considers future roles for pharmacists, and offers recommendations. Supplement to the AACP Curricular Change Summit.
Organization: American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy
Author: Brazeau GA, Meyer SM, Belsey M, Bednarczyk EM, Bilic S
Location: American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education, 73(8), 157
Date: 2009
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Tagged keywords: Economy, Education and Training, National, Pharmacists, Pharmacy Occupations, Scope of Practice, Trends
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Psychiatric Rehabilitation: An Emerging Academic Discipline
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Link: Abstract
Provides an overview of the field of psychiatric rehabilitation. Covers education, workforce challenges, and current academic programs. Includes an evaluation of an academic program model that uses a career ladder.
Author: Gill KJ, Barrett NM
Location: Israel Journal of Psychiatry and Related Sciences, 46(2), 94-102
Date: 2009
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Tagged keywords: Education and Training, Evaluation, National, Physicians, Psychiatrists, Trends
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SLP Health Care Survey, Survey Report: Annual Salary Trends 2005-2009
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Reports on trends from salary surveys of speech-language pathologists. Provides median salaries for 2005-2009 by salary basis, employment status, facility type, region, rurality, and experience.
Organization: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
Date: 2009
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Tagged keywords: Compensation, National, Speech-Language Pathologists, Trends
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SLP Health Care Survey, Survey Report: Hourly Wage Trends 2005-2009
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Offers trends in average hourly wages for speech-language pathologists for 2005-2009. Includes breakdowns by practice setting, work role, degree, region, gender, rurality, and experience.
Organization: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
Date: 2009
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Tagged keywords: Compensation, National, Speech-Language Pathologists, Trends
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North Carolina Trends in Nursing Education: 2003 – 2008
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Details trends in nursing education programs in North Carolina. Includes graphs and tables. Reports on applicants, enrollment, graduation, student demographics, nursing faculty characteristics and vacancies. Discusses graduation rate measurement.
Organization: North Carolina Center for Nursing
Author: Lacey LM, McNoldy TP
Date: 12/2008
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Tagged keywords: Education and Training, Faculty, North Carolina, Nursing Occupations, Research, Trends
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How is a Shortage of Primary Care Physicians Affecting the Quality and Cost of Medical Care? A Comprehensive Evidence Review
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Discusses trends in the primary care workforce. Summarizes evidence on the physician shortage and how physicians improve health care quality. Includes an annotated literature review of 109 documents.
Organization: American College of Physicians
Author: Zerehi MR
Date: 10/2008
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Tagged keywords: Health Care Quality, National, Physicians, Primary Care, Supply and Demand, Trends
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Reaping What We Sow: The Emerging Academic Medicine Workforce
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Link: Abstract
Examines surveys of allopathic medical graduates' career intentions to see how they changed during medical school. Identifies factors that influenced students' interest in academic medicine.
Author: Jeffe DB, Andriole DA, Hageman HL, Whelan AJ
Location: Journal of the National Medical Association, 100(9), 1026-34
Date: 9/2008
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Tagged keywords: Education and Training, National, Physicians, Trends
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Transformational Change in Health Care: Identifying the Current State and Future State
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Identifies problems with the current health care system, trends, and opportunities for improving the system. Covers patient-centeredness, quality and public reporting, efficiency and value, standards, health information technology, and the payment system.
Author: Opelka F, Lewis J
Location: Bulletin of the American College of Surgeons, 93(9), 15-21
Date: 9/2008
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Access Transformed: Building a Primary Care Workforce for the 21st Century
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Examines both the current state of the primary care workforce and future demand for health center services. The study finds the availability of a primary care workforce depends on where you live, and primary care clinicians are not located in areas that need them the most, especially low-income communities. The study includes state-level projections of growing patient needs.
Organizations: George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services, National Association of Community Health Centers, Robert Graham Center
Date: 8/2008
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Tagged keywords: Disparities, Distribution, Health Care Access, National, Nursing Occupations, Physicians, Policy, Primary Care, Recruitment and Retention, Trends
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National Trends in Psychotherapy by Office-Based Psychiatrists
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Link: Abstract
Identifies a trend towards clinical psychiatrists spending more time prescribing medications rather than providing pscyhotherapy. Examines the connection between this trend and the expansion of managed care, reimbursement changes, and an increase in prescription medications.
Author: Mojtabai R, Olfson M
Location: Archives of General Psychiatry, 65(8), 962-970
Date: 8/2008
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Employment and Earnings of Licensed Nurses in New Mexico from 1996 to 2006
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Examines trends in employment and wages for New Mexico's nurses. Includes average time between graduation and first license.
Organization: New Mexico Center for Nursing Excellence
Author: Potter N, Reynis LA
Date: 7/2008
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Forecasting Supply, Demand, and Shortage of RNs and LPNs in Florida, 2007-2020
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Reports on the results of forecasts for nursing in Florida using HRSA's forecasting models to estimate shortages. Recommends actions to minimize nursing shortages. Suggests improvements for the forecasting model.
Organization: Florida Center for Nursing
Date: 7/2008
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Tagged keywords: Florida, Licensed Practical Nurses and Licensed Vocational Nurses, Registered Nurses, Supply and Demand, Trends
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Health Care Employment Projections: An Analysis of Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Projections, 2006-2016
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Presents a summary of labor projections for the period 2006 through 2016 for health care settings and
health care occupations. The report is designed to provide information about projected trends to
help health care industry, educators, policy makers, and other stakeholders better understand
which health occupations and professions will be in greatest demand in the next 10 years and
how to best to allocate resources to meet those needs.
Organization: Center for Health Workforce Studies - SUNY Albany
Author: Martiniano R
Date: 5/2008
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Maryland Trends in Degrees and Certificates by Program
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Includes degrees and certificates awarded for every program and higher education institution in Maryland for 1994-2007.
Organization: Maryland Higher Education Commission
Date: 5/2008
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Grassroots Activism and the Pursuit of an Expanded Physician Supply
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Reviews the evolution of thinking on physician supply, the increase in reports on physician supply, the support for increased enrollment, and federal priorities.
Author: Iglehart JK
Location: New England Journal of Medicine, 358(16), 1741-9
Date: 4/2008
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Health Professional Work Force Survey: Trends
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Identifies hospital worker shortages in Iowa using vacancy rates, recruitment time frames, turnover rates, and employer self-assessments. Projects future demand for hospital workers and analyzes trends. Includes data for RNs, CNAs, LPNs, secretaries, physical therapists and physical therapy assistants, pharmacists and pharmacy technicians, surgical technicians, business clerks, home health, medical lab technologists, radiological technologists, occupational therapists, social workers, respiratory therapists, paramedics, ultrasound technologists, CRNAs, coders, and medical transcriptionists.
Organization: Iowa Hospital Association
Date: 4/2008
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Tagged keywords: Hospitals, Iowa, Supply and Demand, Trends
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Salaries in Histology
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Link: Abstract
Analyzes histology salary trends. Identifies factors that affect compensation for histotechnicians and histotechnologists.
Author: Buesa RJ
Location: Annals of Diagnostic Pathology, 12(2), 122-7
Date: 4/2008
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Tagged keywords: Compensation, Histotechnologists and Histotechnicians, National, Trends
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Primary Care Professionals: Recent Supply Trends, Projections, and Valuation of Services
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Focuses on recent supply trends for primary care professionals, including information on training and demographic characteristics; projections of future supply for primary care professionals; and the influence of the health care system's financing mechanisms on the valuation of primary care services.
Organization: Government Accountability Office
Date: 2/2008
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Tagged keywords: Allopathic Physicians, Dentists, Family Medicine Physicians, National, Nurse Practitioners, Nursing Occupations, Osteopathic Physicians, Physician Assistants, Physicians, Primary Care, Supply and Demand, Trends
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2008 Annual Meeting Presentations
Web site
Includes physician workforce presentations from the 2008 annual AAMC meeting in San Antonio. Covers physician specialty choice, indicators for determining supply and demand, supply and demand projections, and trends.
Organization: Association of American Medical Colleges Center for Workforce Studies
Date: 2008
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Tagged keywords: National, Physicians, Primary Care, Specialty Choice, Supply and Demand, Trends
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A Closer Look at Healthcare Workforce Needs in the West: Oral Healthcare
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Highlights some of the key trends, issues, and challenges the WICHE region is facing with regard to the oral health care workforce.
Organization: Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education
Date: 2008
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Tagged keywords: Dentists, Education and Training, National, Trends
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Cytotechnology: A Profession on the Move—Then and Now
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Reviews the history of cytotechnology.
Author: Naik K, Zaleski MS
Location: LabMedicine, 39(4), 201-5
Date: 2008
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Tagged keywords: Cytotechnologists, National, Trends
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Forecasting the Global Shortage of Physicians: An Economic- and Needs-based Approach
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Estimates the number of physicians per capita needed in the future internationally. Looks at data from 158 countries.
Author: Scheffler RM, Liu JX, Kinfu Y, Dal Poz MR
Location: Bull World Health Organization, 86, 516-523
Date: 2008
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Tagged keywords: Economy, National, Physicians, Supply and Demand, Trends
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From Education to Regulation: Dynamic Challenges for the Health Workforce
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Consists of a series of papers on issues related to producing and retaining a 21st century U.S. health
workforce.
Organization: Association of Academic Health Centers
Author: Holmes D
Date: 2008
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Tagged keywords: Education and Training, National, Trends
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Health, United States, 2007: with Chartbook on Trends in the Health of Americans
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Presents national trends in health statistics. Includes a chartbook on access to care; trend tables on racial, ethnic, education, disabilities, and income data, extensive appendixes, and an index.
Organization: National Center for Health Statistics
Date: 2008
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Tagged keywords: Health Care Access, National, Statistics and Data, Trends
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Ohio Health Care Employment: Labor Market Trends and Challenges
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Provides a comprehensive overview of Ohio's health care workforce. Includes data on various occupations, health care trends, regional analysis, training, and more.
Organization: Ohio Department of Job & Family Services
Date: 2008
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Tagged keywords: Ohio, Trends
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Schools Survey, Survey Report: Salary Trends 2004-2008
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Reports on salary trends for speech-language pathologists who work in schools. Includes breakdowns by school setting, employment function, experience, geographic region, and rurality.
Organization: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
Date: 2008
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Tagged keywords: Compensation, National, School Health, Speech-Language Pathologists, Trends
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Will Generalist Physician Supply Meet Demands of an Increasing and Aging Population?
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Link: Abstract
Compares predictions for future family physician and general internist demand based on population growth and aging to the future supply of generalists for adult care. Examines trends for child care to determine the adequacy of the supply of pediatricians and family physicians supply.
Author: Colwill JM, Cultice JM, Kruse RL
Location: Health Affairs, 27 (3), 232-241
Date: 2008
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Tagged keywords: Family Medicine Physicians, General Internal Medicine Physicians, General Pediatricians, Geriatrics, National, Physicians, Primary Care, Supply and Demand, Trends
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Emerging Allied Dental Workforce Models: Considerations for Academic Dental Institutions
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Link: Abstract
Describes three midlevel dental workforce models, advanced dental hygiene practitioner, community dental health coordinator, and dental health aide therapist, intended to improve access to oral health care. Discusses education for these new types of providers.
Author: McKinnon M, Luke G, Bresch J, Moss M, Valachovic RW
Location: Journal of Dental Education, 71(11):1476-91
Date: 11/2007
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Tagged keywords: Dental Occupations, Education and Training, Health Care Access, National, Trends
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Changes in the Rural Registered Nurse Workforce from 1980 to 2004 (Final Report)
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Links: Final report, Project Summary
Highlights changes in rural and urban Registered Nurse demographics, education, and employment characteristics over time.
Organization: WWAMI Rural Health Research Center
Author: Skillman S, Palazzo L, Hart G, Butterfield P
Date: 10/2007
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Tagged keywords: National, Nursing Occupations, Registered Nurses, Rural, Supply and Demand, Trends
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Professional Nursing Education in Texas: Demographics & Trends, 2006
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Provides a comprehensive look at nursing education in Texas. Includes student demographics, nursing program types, trends, faculty demographics, faculty salaries, and nursing faculty resources.
Organization: Texas Center for Nursing Workforce Studies
Date: 10/2007
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Tagged keywords: Education and Training, Faculty, Nursing Occupations, Supply and Demand, Texas, Trends
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Vision 2016: A Blueprint for Quality Education in Health Information Management
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Discusses three key priority areas including transformation of health information management to a graduate level profession by 2016, realigning the health information management associate degree with work force needs by 2016, and preparing an effective, qualified pool of health information management faculty by 2016.
Organization: American Health Information Management Association
Date: 9/2007
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Tagged keywords: Education and Training, Health Administrators, Health Informaticians, Health Information and Informatics Occupations, National, Technology, Trends
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Exodus of Male Physicians from Primary Care Drives Shift to Specialty Practice
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Link: Abstract
Reports on the changing makeup of the primary care physician workforce, with growing numbers of female physicians and of International Medical Graduates (IMGs). Discusses changes in income for primary care physicians and how that might impact the future supply of primary care physicians.
Author: Tu HT, O'Malley AS
Location: Tracking Report, (17):1-6
Date: 6/2007
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Tagged keywords: International Medical Graduates, National, Physicians, Primary Care, Specialty Choice, Supply and Demand, Trends
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North Carolina Trends in Nursing: 1987-2006, RN and LPN Workforce Demographics
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Includes information on age, race, gender distribution, and education for North Carolina's registered nurses and licensed practical nurses over a twenty year period.
Organization: North Carolina Center for Nursing
Author: Lacey LM, McNoldy TP
Date: 6/2007
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Tagged keywords: North Carolina, Nursing Occupations, Supply and Demand, Trends
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Plotting the Future of Cytotechnology: An Environmental Analysis of the Driving Forces of Cytotechnology
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Additional Link: Summary
Examines how cytotechnology might evolve. Analyzes market forces and the education that would be required to support new roles. Concludes that several new professions and expanded scopes of practice for existing professions are developing.
Organization: American Society of Cytopathology
Author: The Forbes Group
Date: 6/2007
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Tagged keywords: Cytotechnologists, National, Scope of Practice, Trends
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Trends in Licensed Health Professions in North Carolina, 1979-2005
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Contains 27 years of data on the supply and distribution of practitioners in 17 categories of health care professions in North Carolina. Includes statistics for certified nurse midwives, chiropractors, dental hygienists, dentists, licensed practical nurses, nurse practitioners, optometrists, pharmacists, physical therapists, physical therapy assistants, physician assistants, physicians (doctors of medicine and osteopathy), physicians in residency training, practicing psychologists, podiatrists, registered nurses, and respiratory therapists.
Organization: North Carolina Rural Health Research and Policy Analysis Center (Cecil G. Sheps Center)
Author: Gaul K, Fraher E, Guild P, Ricketts T, Hadley H, Darter J
Date: 6/2007
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Trends in Characteristics and Country of Origin Among Foreign-Trained Nurses in the United States, 1990 and 2000
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Identifies trends for foreign-trained registered nurses using the period 1990-2000.
Author: Polsky D, Ross SJ, Brush BL, Sochalski J
Location: American Journal of Public Health, 97(5):895-9 Epub 2007 Mar 29
Date: 5/2007
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Tagged keywords: Immigration, National, Registered Nurses, Trends
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Improving Health and Health Care: a Bi-State Investment in Nursing Environmental Scan
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Discusses the nursing shortage, demographic trends, educational pipeline, and specific initiatives aimed at widening the pipeline in the Kansas City region. Includes statistics and profiles for the region's nursing schools.
Organizations: Bi-State Nursing Workforce Innovation Center, Health Care Foundation of Greater Kansas City, REACH Healthcare Foundation
Author: Nadlman K, Bergwell J
Date: 4/2007
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Tagged keywords: Diversity, Education and Training, Kansas, Missouri, Nursing Occupations, Supply and Demand, Trends, Workforce Pipeline
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North Carolina Trends in Nursing: 1987 - 2006, RN and LPN Supply Trends
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Details the changes in North Carolina's registered nurse and licensed practical nurse supply relative to the state's population. Includes trends for employment status, employment by age group, and supply and demand forecasts.
Organization: North Carolina Center for Nursing
Author: Lacey LM, McNoldy TP
Date: 4/2007
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Tagged keywords: North Carolina, Nursing Occupations, Supply and Demand, Trends
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New RN Grad Turnover: An Emerging Problem for Hospitals
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Discusses the turnover rate for new graduate nurse hires.
Organization: Health Workforce Solutions
Date: 2/2007
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Tagged keywords: Hospitals, National, Registered Nurses, Supply and Demand, Trends
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Trends in the Supply of Dentists in North Carolina, 1996-2005
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Highlights workforce supply, distribution, professional shortage areas, demographics, and practice characteristics and training.
Organization: North Carolina Rural Health Research and Policy Analysis Center (Cecil G. Sheps Center)
Author: Fraher E, Gaul K, King J, Hadley H, de la Varre C, Ricketts T
Date: 2/2007
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Tagged keywords: Dentists, North Carolina, Trends
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Overview of Training in the Twenty-First Century
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Link: Abstract
Summarizes the history of the child and adolescent psychiatry field and training. Identifies four main educational challenges and the need to focus on the field's core competencies.
Author: Sexson SB
Location: Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America, 16(1), 1-16, vii
Date: 1/2007
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Tagged keywords: Education and Training, National, Psychiatrists, Trends
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Recruitment
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Link: Abstract
Reviews recruitment, workforce models, and future directions for child and adolescent psychiatry. Highlights contributions to shortages in the field.
Author: Kim W
Location: Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics in North America, 16(1), 45-54, viii
Date: 1/2007
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Tagged keywords: National, Psychiatrists, Recruitment and Retention, Supply and Demand, Trends
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Better Late than Never: Workforce Supply Implications of Later Entry into Nursing
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Link: Abstract
Analyzes trends in age of workforce entry for registered nurses and offers a revised nursing shortage forecast model based on these trends.
Author: Auerbach DI, Buerhaus PI, Staiger DO
Location: Health Affairs, 26(1), 178-85
Date: 2007
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Tagged keywords: National, Nursing Occupations, Registered Nurses, Supply and Demand, Trends
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The Changing Face of Accelerated Second Bachelor's Degree Students
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Link: Abstract
Reviews changes over time in student demographics and academic performance for a second bachelor's degree accelerated nursing program. Identifies challenges these students face and offers recommendations to help support nontraditional students in accelerated programs.
Author: Seldomridge LA, DiBartolo MC
Location: Nurse Educator, 32(6), 240-5
Date: 2007
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Tagged keywords: Education and Training, Maryland, Nursing Occupations, Trends, Workforce Reentry and Retraining
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Council on Linkages: Pipeline Workgroup Additional Information
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Summarizes data on the public health workforce from a number of sources. Includes the number of FTEs for 2000-2006 at the local, state, and federal level of the public health workforce.
Organization: Council on Linkages Between Academia and Public Health Practice
Date: 2007
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Tagged keywords: National, Public Health, Supply and Demand, Trends
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Examination of State-Level Changes in the Pharmacist Labor Market Using Census Data
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Reports results of a study examining changes in the U.S. pharmacist labor market across states from 1990 to 2000. Covers changes in pharmacist counts and wages, migration of pharmacists across states, and pharmacy school graduates by state.
Author: Walton SM, Knapp KK, Miller L, Schumock GT
Location: Journal of the American Pharmacists Association, 47(3):348-57
Date: 2007
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Tagged keywords: National, Pharmacists, Supply and Demand, Trends
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Geographic Distribution of Qualified Practitioners Compared to Eligible Medicare Beneficiaries Having Diagnoses Commonly Managed with Custom-made Orthoses and Prostheses Phase III: Impact of Updated Practitioner Data
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Updates the 2005 report estimating the ratio of prosthetic-orthotic providers to patients. Identifies trends in supply and distribution and discusses potential reasons for any changes since the previous report. Highlights the maldistribution of practitioners between urban and rural areas.
Organization: American Academy of Orthotists and Prosthetists
Author: Michael JW, Smith DG, Hubbard S
Date: 2007
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Tagged keywords: Distribution, National, Orthotists and Prosthetists, Rural, Supply and Demand, Trends, Urban
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Health Care Workforce Summary
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Examines trends for dentists, nurses, physicians, pharmacists, radiology technologists and technicians, and laboratory technicians for Montana and nationally. Includes maps of Montana showing health professional shortage areas and projected supply and demand.
Organizations: Montana AHEC, Montana Office of Rural Health
Author: Chou A
Date: 2007
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Tagged keywords: Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians, Dentists, Montana, Nursing Occupations, Pharmacists, Physicians, Radiologic Technologists and Technicians, Supply and Demand, Trends
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Trends in Applications to Osteopathic Medical Schools
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Highlights the number of osteopathic medical school applicants for 1996-2007.
Organization: American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine
Date: 2007
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Tagged keywords: Education and Training, National, Osteopathic Physicians, Trends
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Trends in Social Work Employment In Maine
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Summarizes the employment trends in Maine's social work field.
Organization: National Association of Social Workers Maine Chapter
Author: Sutton S
Date: 2007
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Tagged keywords: Maine, Social Workers, Trends
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Status Report for Pediatric Rheumatology: What Needs to Be Done?
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Highlights the supply of pediatric rheumatologists and related trends.
Author: Murray Passo
Location: Arthritis Care & Research, 55(6), 833-5
Date: 12/2006
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Tagged keywords: National, Physicians, Supply and Demand, Trends
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Report of Minority New Licensees: Trends and Issues
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Examines trends and issues related to minorities and men in nursing. Compares trends in Alabama to national data and includes recommendations.
Organization: Alabama Board of Nursing
Date: 11/2006
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Tagged keywords: Alabama, Diversity, Nursing Occupations, Trends
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Physician Supply and Demand: Projections to 2020
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Presents projections of physician supply and requirements for 18 physician specialties using the Physician Supply Model and the Physician Requirements Model. Describes data, assumptions and methods used to project the future supply of and requirements for physician services.
Organization: HRSA Bureau of Health Professions
Date: 10/2006
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Tagged keywords: National, Physicians, Supply and Demand, Trends
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Trends in Market Demand for Internal Medicine 1999 to 2004: An Analysis of Physician Job Advertisements
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Examines demand for internal medicine physicians by reviewing advertisements in major medical journals. Compares the number of positions, specialties, locations, and other practice characteristics of the job openings.
Author: Auerbach AD, Chlouber R, Singler J, Lurie JD, Bostrom A, Wachter RM
Location: Journal of General Internal Medicine, 21(10), 1079-85
Date: 10/2006
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Tagged keywords: General Internal Medicine Physicians, National, Physicians, Supply and Demand, Trends
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Eldercare in New Hampshire: Labor Market Trends and Their Implications
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Identifies labor market issues and trends for home health aides, personal and home care aides, and nursing aides in New Hampshire. Covers supply and demand, employment statistics, occupational characteristics, training and education, and wages.
Organization: New Hampshire Economic and Labor Market Information Bureau
Date: 3/2006
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Tagged keywords: Home Health Aides, New Hampshire, Nursing Aides, Personal and Home Care Aides, Supply and Demand, Trends
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Forecasting the Supply and Demand of Nursing Faculty in North Carolina: 2004 – 2020
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Discusses the supply and demand forecast for nursing faculty in North Carolina. Demonstrates how student-to-faculty ratios and faculty retirement age can affect North Carolina's nursing supply.
Organization: North Carolina Center for Nursing
Author: Lacey LM, Nooney JG
Date: 3/2006
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Tagged keywords: Faculty, North Carolina, Nursing Occupations, Supply and Demand, Trends
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Health Professions Education Programs: Action Still Needed to Measure Impact
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Presents an overview of the Health Resources and Services Administration's health professions education programs under title VII and title VIII of the Public Health Service Act. Covers changes in funding and in the number of programs since 1998, goals and assessment of the programs, and national health professions workforce projections.
Organization: Government Accountability Office
Date: 2/2006
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Tagged keywords: Education and Training, National, Supply and Demand, Trends
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Trends in Nursing Supply and Education
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Includes data from 1986-2005 on Iowa's LPN and RN population and educational programs.
Organization: Iowa Health Workforce Center
Date: 1/2006
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Tagged keywords: Education and Training, Faculty, Iowa, Nursing Occupations, Supply and Demand, Trends
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Academic Degrees and Clinical Practice Characteristics: the University of Washington Physician Assistant Program: 1969-2000
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Link: Abstract
Describes a study to determine if there is an association between physician assistants' academic degrees and practice in primary care, in rural areas, and with the medically underserved.
Author: Evans TC, Wick KH, Brock DM, Schaad DC, Ballweg R
Location: Journal of Rural Health, 22(3):212-9
Date: 2006
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Tagged keywords: Distribution, Education and Training, Physician Assistants, Rural, Supply and Demand, Trends, Washington
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The Arizona Physician Workforce Study: Part II 1994-2005
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Section one reviews the number of physicians for each county in Arizona, physician supply and demand factors for Arizona, number practicing in rural areas, Arizona residency and training programs, and specialty data. Section two examines physician productivity. The last sections look at supply and demand forecasts. Includes survey instrument used.
Organization: Center for Health Information & Research
Author: Rimsza ME, Johnson WG, Speicher M, Grossman M
Date: 2006
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Tagged keywords: Arizona, Physicians, Supply and Demand, Trends
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Healthcare Occupations Data
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Provides charts and maps on health care occupations in Montana in a PowerPoint format. Compares wage trends in Montana to national trends for each occupation, provides maps with the number of Montanans per health care worker with comparisons to national ratios, and includes projections for job openings versus current state production.
Organization: Montana Department of Labor & Industry: Workforce Services Division
Author: Eldredge B
Date: 2006
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Tagged keywords: Compensation, Montana, Supply and Demand, Trends
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Maryland Trends in Enrollment by Program: First Professional Degrees 1995-2005
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Includes the number of students enrolled in dentistry, medicine, law, and pharmacy in Maryland's schools for 1995-2005.
Organization: Maryland Higher Education Commission
Author: MHEC Enrollment Information System
Date: 2006
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Tagged keywords: Dentists, Education and Training, Maryland, Pharmacists, Physicians, Trends
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O&P Trends & Statistics
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Highlights trends and demand related to orthotists and prosthetists.
Date: 2006
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Tagged keywords: National, Orthotists and Prosthetists, Supply and Demand, Trends
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Progressive Specialization within General Surgery: Adding to the Complexity of Workforce Planning
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Link: Abstract
Examines trends in fellowship training for general surgeons to track their progressive specialization and considers the implications for surgical workforce supply requirements.
Author: Stitzenberg KB, Sheldon GF
Location: Journal of the American College of Surgeons, 201(6), 925-32
Date: 12/2005
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Tagged keywords: General Surgeons, National, Physicians, Supply and Demand, Trends
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Occupational Employment Projections to 2014
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Projected changes in employment from 2004 to 2014 for specific occupations, including health-related occupations.
Organization: Bureau of Labor Statistics
Author: Hecker DE
Location: Monthly Labor Review, 70-101
Date: 11/2005
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Tagged keywords: National, Supply and Demand, Trends
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Exclusive Survey: The Earnings Freeze - Now It's Everybody's Problem
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Discusses the unusual trend in physician's salaries which found that specialists as well as primary care doctors fell behind inflation last year.
Author: Lowes R
Date: 9/2005
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Tagged keywords: National, Physicians, Trends
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The Pediatrician Workforce: Current Status and Future Prospects
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Reviews trends in the pediatrician workforce, including the increase in female pediatricians, disparities in distribution, and the increase of international medical graduates in the field. Examines supply projection models.
Author: Goodman DC; Committee on Pediatric Workforce
Location: Pediatrics, 116(1), e156-73
Date: 7/2005
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Tagged keywords: General Pediatricians, National, Physicians, Supply and Demand, Trends
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Act Now for Your Tomorrow: Final Report of the National Commission on Nursing Workforce for Long-Term Care
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Reports on the shortage of RNs, LPNs, and CNAs who work in long-term care using vacancy and turnover rates. Identifies trends and best practices for recruitment and retention. Includes recommendations for state, local, and national initiatives.
Organization: American Health Care Association
Date: 4/2005
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Tagged keywords: Best Practices and Model Programs, Licensed Practical Nurses and Licensed Vocational Nurses, Long Term Care Facilities, National, Nursing Aides, Nursing Occupations, Registered Nurses, Supply and Demand, Trends
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International Medical Graduate Physicians in the U.S.: Changes Since 1981
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Results of a study which describes changes over time in IMGs' country of education, demographics, type of practice, specialty, and propensity to practice in needy locations since 1981.
Organization: WWAMI Center for Health Workforce Studies
Author: Hart LG, Skillman SM, Hagopian A, Fordyce MA, Thompson MJ, Konrad TR
Date: 3/2005
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Tagged keywords: Immigration, International Medical Graduates, National, Rural, Trends
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Utah's Physician Assistant Workforce: 2003
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Describes the physician assistant workforce in Utah, including data about growth, areas of specialty, distribution, and trends.
Organization: Utah Medical Education Council
Date: 3/2005
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Tagged keywords: Distribution, Diversity, Physician Assistants, Rural, Supply and Demand, Trends, Utah
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The Arizona Physician Workforce Study Part I: The Number of Practicing Physicians 1992-2004
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Reviews supply, trends, specialties, and distribution of physicians in Arizona. Reports on national physician supply, factors that affect physician supply and demand, and previous studies of physician supply in Arizona.
Organization: Center for Health Information & Research
Author: Johnson WG, Rimsza ME, Garcy T, Grossman M
Date: 2005
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Tagged keywords: Arizona, National, Physicians, Supply and Demand, Trends
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O&P Education Summit: Forecasting the Future, Findings and Recommendations
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Reports on a summit in New Orleans where people discussed orthotic and prosthetic (O&P) education, including how to attract more underrepresented students. Supports changing O&P entry-level education to the master's level. Includes information on O&P graduates and residents for 1997-2004.
Organizations: American Academy of Orthotists and Prosthetists, National Commission on Orthotic and Prosthetic Education
Date: 2005
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Tagged keywords: Education and Training, National, Orthotists and Prosthetists, Trends
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Measuring the Years: State Aging Trends & Indicators
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Identifies current trends and future directions confronting state policy makers. Provides information on demographic shifts, health care concerns, and long term care workforce shortages.
Organization: National Governors Association Center for Best Practices
Author: Summer L
Date: 11/2004
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Tagged keywords: National, Supply and Demand, Trends
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Forecasting Changes in Physician Services Per Capita in Minnesota Through 2030
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Link: Abstract
Reports the results of a study that used simple regression models to predict the supply of physicians and physician-hours per capita in Minnesota through the year 2030.
Author: Yu TC, Lillehei AS, Dowd BE, Finch MD, Riley W, Grover M
Location: Minnesota Medicine, 87(8):48-52
Date: 8/2004
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Tagged keywords: Minnesota, Physicians, Supply and Demand, Trends
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21st Century at Work: Forces Shaping the Future Workforce and Workplace in the United States
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Summarizes trends in each of the three principal forces acting on the world of work in the United States:
demographic trends, technological advances, and economic globalization.
Organization: Rand Corporation
Author: Karoly L, Panis C
Date: 2004
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Tagged keywords: Economy, National, Policy, Technology, Trends
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Academic Health Centers: Leading Change in the 21st Century
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Reports on factors that will impact academic health centers' roles in education, research, and patient care. Discusses options for academic health centers and policymakers to meet changing needs in preparing the health workforce.
Organization: Institute of Medicine
Date: 2004
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Tagged keywords: Academic Health Centers, Education and Training, National, Trends
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Twenty-Year Trends in Regional Variations in the US Physician Workforce
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Link: Abstract
Reviews regional variations to determine where physicians are likely to practice in the future using hospital referral regions. Includes a breakdown by specialty and information on the number of physicians per 100,000 people from 1979-1999. Concludes that even with an increased supply of physicians, disparities will persist.
Author: Goodman DC
Location: Health Affairs, Suppl Web Exclusives:VAR90-7
Date: 2004
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Tagged keywords: Distribution, National, Physicians, Trends
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Utah's Radiology Technology Workforce
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Presents a study of radiology technology workforce trends, supply and demand, and capacity to provide service. Includes extensive data.
Organization: Utah Medical Education Council
Date: 2004
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Tagged keywords: Compensation, Diversity, Radiologic Technologists and Technicians, Trends, Utah
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Rural Health Workforce: Context, Trends, and Issues - Chapter 2
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Provides overview of current national health care workforce context, trends, and issues that shape the local rural health workforce. Discusses generalist physicians especially, looking at their numbers, practices, and role in rural health care.
Organization: WWAMI Rural Health Research Center
Author: Hart G, Lishner D, Rosenblatt R
Date: 2003
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Tagged keywords: General Internal Medicine Physicians, National, Physicians, Rural, Trends
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Trends in Care by Nonphysician Clinicians in the United States
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Discusses trends during the 1990s that brought the potential for a shift in the provision of care from physicians to nonphysician clinicians. Examines trends in outpatient care provided by physicians and nonphysician clinicians between 1987 and 1997.
Author: Druss B, Marcus S, Olfson M, Tanielian T, Pincus H
Location: New England Journal of Medicine, 348, 130-37
Date: 2003
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Tagged keywords: Chiropractors, Midwives, National, Nursing Occupations, Occupational Therapy Occupations, Optometrists, Physical Therapy Occupations, Physician Assistants, Physicians, Podiatrists, Psychologists, Social Workers, Trends
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Nursing Workforce: Emerging Nurse Shortages Due to Multiple Factors
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Discusses the nursing shortage, obstacles to expanding the nursing supply, and employment data for registered nurses.
Organization: Government Accountability Office
Date: 7/2001
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Tagged keywords: National, Registered Nurses, Trends
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AHA Issues: Health Care Workforce
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Comprised of a Commission on Workforce, which focuses on developments, resources, news, research, and trends to deal with the present health care workforce shortage.
Organization: American Hospital Association
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Tagged keywords: Hospitals, National, Trends
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Critical Health Areas Project (CHAP)
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Designed to strengthen the ability of state health policymakers, particularly state legislators, to address a number of critical and emerging health problems such as chronic care and quality, healthcare access, addiction prevention and treatment, and providers and workforce.
Organization: National Conference of State Legislatures
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Tagged keywords: National, Policy, Trends
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Movement to the Professional Master's in Orthotics and Prosthetics: Questions and Answers for the Profession
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Offers questions and answers related to the transition from a baccalaureate to a master's entry-level degree for orthotists and prosthetists.
Organization: National Commission on Orthotic and Prosthetic Education
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Tagged keywords: Education and Training, National, Orthotists and Prosthetists, Trends
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NASW Center for Workforce Studies
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Conducts studies of the current social work labor force; collects information to serve as a clearinghouse for educators, policy makers, social workers, and public and private work force planners; enhances social work professional development through innovative training programs in emerging practice areas; and
disseminates information and resources on evidence-based practices.
Organization: National Association of Social Workers
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Tagged keywords: National, Social Workers, Trends
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United States Health Workforce Personnel Factbook
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Compilation of data from more than a dozen professional associations and government agencies. Includes 67 detailed tables on health care workforce. Provides current and historical supply of physicians, dentists, nurses (LPN and RN), pharmacists, optometrists, podiatrists, and allied health professionals are covered. Details number of schools and first-year enrollment patterns for most health care disciplines. Trends in practice are depicted in tables that track the number of hospitals, hospital-based personnel and national health care spending over time.
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Tagged keywords: Allied Health, Allopathic Physicians, Chiropractors, Dentists, Education and Training, Licensed Practical Nurses and Licensed Vocational Nurses, National, Optometrists, Osteopathic Physicians, Pharmacists, Physician Assistants, Podiatrists, Registered Nurses, Statistics and Data, Supply and Demand, Trends
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