Distributional Research Series

Robert C. Bowman, M.D.

Physicians in Poverty Series

Medical School Type and Distribution: Initial Database Description and Rural Application Graphics
Distribution: Index Concentrations of Physician Distribution - rural born family physicians and internal medicine IMG physicians are each about 2% of the US workforce. Rural born family physicians are 9% of the rural underserved workforce and IMG internal medicine physicians are 5%. Both are important contributors at greater than average levels. Compare and contrast the various types that distribute to rural underserved and urban underserved locations. How do international medical graduate internal medicine physicians compare to family physicians? What does birth origin and medical school type have to do with practice location?
VISA Programs: Do They Help In Primary Care and Rural Areas? - international medical graduate office internal medicine, the best representative of underserved IMG distribution, is compared to various forms of family medicine. Data and links from GAO and other sources is also listed
Family Medicine Choice: Initial Class Years of New Medical Schools - New osteopathic public schools start out with lower FP choice and build to top levels. Osteopathic private schools start out with high levels of FPGP choice. Comparisons of school type, school, and starting averages to national averages.
Rural Recruitment and Retention Factoids - the latest changes in admissions, career choice, policies, and politics make it more difficult than ever to meet rural workforce needs.
Changing Primary Care Contributions 1970 - 2015 - what has been, is now, and will be regarding primary care contributions for FM, IM, Peds, NP, and PA - Most will be steady or declining, while family medicine contributions increase
What Could Have Been: Maximal Primary Care Training Capacity - why are we less than 80% when we should be near 100%, with a rosy future for lower and middle income patients?
Primary Care Years: New Measures of Total Workforce Contribution - Adjusted Workforce Life Years in Primary Care - advantage goes to those who stay and go where they are needed. Family medicine contributions increase over time as others leave the primary care, rural, and underserved workforce.
Head to Head: Physician Assistants in 2000 Compared to Family Physicians in State and National Location - PA advantages a few years back included isolated rural areas but FPs led in large rural and small rural locations, state variations are seen, reviewing these variations and the deteriorations in PA rural levels should be important considerations to workforce planners.

Distributional Research Series

Medical School Type and Distribution: Initial Database Description and Rural Application Graphics

VISA Programs: Do They Help In Primary Care and Rural Areas? - international medical graduate office internal medicine, the best representative of underserved IMG distribution, is compared to various forms of family medicine. Data and links from GAO and other sources is also listed

Rural Recruitment and Retention Factoids - the latest changes in admissions, career choice, policies, and politics make it more difficult than ever to meet rural workforce needs.

Changing Primary Care Contributions 1970 - 2015 - what has been, is now, and will be regarding primary care contributions for FM, IM, Peds, NP, and PA - Most will be steady or declining, while family medicine contributions increase

What Could Have Been: Maximal Primary Care Training Capacity - why are we less than 80% when we should be near 100%, with a rosy future for lower and middle income patients?

Primary Care Years: New Measures of Total Workforce Contribution - Adjusted Workforce Life Years in Primary Care - advantage goes to those who stay and go where they are needed. Family medicine contributions increase over time as others leave the primary care, rural, and underserved workforce.