TY - JOUR
T1 - Pediatrician workforce statement
AU - Anderson, Michael R.
AU - Friedman, Aaron L.
AU - Goodman, David C.
AU - Pletcher, Beth A.
AU - Shipman, Scott A.
AU - Shugerman, Richard P.
AU - Tellez, Rachel Wallace
PY - 2005
Y1 - 2005
N2 - This statement discusses the importance of pediatrician-workforce issues and their relevance to the provision of pediatric health care. It reviews previous work in the health policy arena on physician and pediatrician workforce. Key pediatrician-workforce trends are described, including the growth in the number of pediatricians in relation to the child population, the increase in the number of female pediatricians, the role of international medical graduates, the diversity of the pediatrician workforce, the contributions of internal medicine-pediatrics physicians, the increasing number of nonpediatrician providers of pediatric care, geographic distribution of physicians, and the future of pediatric subspecialists. Methods of influencing the pediatrician workforce are also considered. In the concluding series of recommendations, the statement identifies both overarching policy goals for the pediatrician workforce and implementation strategies designed to ensure that all of America's infants, children, adolescents, and young adults have access to appropriate pediatric health care.
AB - This statement discusses the importance of pediatrician-workforce issues and their relevance to the provision of pediatric health care. It reviews previous work in the health policy arena on physician and pediatrician workforce. Key pediatrician-workforce trends are described, including the growth in the number of pediatricians in relation to the child population, the increase in the number of female pediatricians, the role of international medical graduates, the diversity of the pediatrician workforce, the contributions of internal medicine-pediatrics physicians, the increasing number of nonpediatrician providers of pediatric care, geographic distribution of physicians, and the future of pediatric subspecialists. Methods of influencing the pediatrician workforce are also considered. In the concluding series of recommendations, the statement identifies both overarching policy goals for the pediatrician workforce and implementation strategies designed to ensure that all of America's infants, children, adolescents, and young adults have access to appropriate pediatric health care.
KW - Diversity
KW - Female pediatricians
KW - Geographic distribution
KW - Internal medicine-pediatrics
KW - International medical graduates
KW - Pediatric subspecialists
KW - Pediatrician workforce
KW - Title VII
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U2 - 10.1542/peds.2005-0873
DO - 10.1542/peds.2005-0873
M3 - Short survey
C2 - 15995069
AN - SCOPUS:33644616536
SN - 0031-4005
VL - 116
SP - 263
EP - 269
JO - Pediatrics
JF - Pediatrics
IS - 1
ER -