TY - JOUR
T1 - The pediatrician workforce
T2 - Current status and future prospects
AU - Goodman, David C.
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
AU - Britton, Carmelita V.
AU - Berkowitz, Carol D.
AU - Gilchrist, Gerald S.
AU - Outwater, Kristan M.
AU - Pan, Richard J.
AU - Sowell, Debra R.
AU - McGuinness, Gail A.
AU - Jewett, Ethan Alexander
PY - 2005
Y1 - 2005
N2 - The effective and efficient delivery of children's health care depends on the pediatrician workforce. The number, composition, and distribution of pediatricians necessary to deliver this care have been the subject of long-standing policy and professional debate. This technical report reviews current characteristics and recent trends in the pediatric workforce and couples the workforce to a conceptual model of improvement in children's health and well-being. Important recent changes in the workforce include (1) the growth in the number of pediatricians in relation to the child population, (2) increased numbers of female pediatricians and their attainment of majority gender status in the specialty, (3) the persistence of a large number of international medical graduates entering training programs, (4) a lack of ethnic and racial diversity in pediatricians compared with children, and (5) the persistence of marked regional variation in pediatrician supply. Supply models projecting the pediatric workforce are reviewed and generally indicate that the number of pediatricians per child will increase by 50% over the next 20 years. The differing methods of assessing workforce requirements are presented and critiqued. The report finds that the pediatric workforce is undergoing fundamental changes that will have important effects on the professional lives of pediatricians and children's health care delivery.
AB - The effective and efficient delivery of children's health care depends on the pediatrician workforce. The number, composition, and distribution of pediatricians necessary to deliver this care have been the subject of long-standing policy and professional debate. This technical report reviews current characteristics and recent trends in the pediatric workforce and couples the workforce to a conceptual model of improvement in children's health and well-being. Important recent changes in the workforce include (1) the growth in the number of pediatricians in relation to the child population, (2) increased numbers of female pediatricians and their attainment of majority gender status in the specialty, (3) the persistence of a large number of international medical graduates entering training programs, (4) a lack of ethnic and racial diversity in pediatricians compared with children, and (5) the persistence of marked regional variation in pediatrician supply. Supply models projecting the pediatric workforce are reviewed and generally indicate that the number of pediatricians per child will increase by 50% over the next 20 years. The differing methods of assessing workforce requirements are presented and critiqued. The report finds that the pediatric workforce is undergoing fundamental changes that will have important effects on the professional lives of pediatricians and children's health care delivery.
KW - Child health workforce
KW - Diversity
KW - Family medicine
KW - Female pediatricians
KW - Geographic distribution
KW - Health manpower
KW - Internal medicine-pediatrics
KW - International medical graduates
KW - Nonphysician clinicians
KW - Pediatrics
KW - Physician workforce
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U2 - 10.1542/peds.2005-0874
DO - 10.1542/peds.2005-0874
M3 - Review article
C2 - 15958663
AN - SCOPUS:33644614817
SN - 0031-4005
VL - 116
SP - e156-e173
JO - Pediatrics
JF - Pediatrics
IS - 1
ER -
