The Number of Physicians as a Constraint on Delivery of Health Care

Senior, Boris

doi:10.1001/jama.1972.03210020028006

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“…Also, the use of rates of service providers per 100,000 population is questionable as a measure of equity in access to services, and there is no clear way to determine an optimal ratio of providers to population. In the case of physicians, interpreting such ratios as measures of the adequacy of health care is controversial (Confrey, 1973;Fuchs, 1974;Senior & Smith, 1972). Despite this controversy, low practitioner-to-population ratios usually are viewed as evidence that the area in question is underserved, and policies intended to equalize practitioner-to-population ratios, such as the Health Professions Educational Assistance Act of 1976, usually are viewed as desirable.…”

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Geographic distribution of U.S. psychologists: A human ecological analysis.

Richards¹,

Gottfredson²

1979

Psychology and National Health Insurance: A Sourcebook.

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Characteristics of cities and states were correlated with measures of the geographic distribution of U S . psychologists. Correlations for psychologists providing mental health services were compared with correlations for psychiatrists, clinical social workers, and school guidance personnel. Population size is the strongest correlate of the absolute number of psychologists in various states and cities. When number relative to population is considered, psychologists are concentrated in affluent urban states and in university towns. The same pattern was obtained for all the groups providing mental health services. No evidence was obtained that any of these groups is distributed in a way offering special advantages for serving groups such as poor, black, or rural people, who appear to need better access to mental health services.

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Geographic distribution of U.S. psychologists: A human ecological analysis.

Richards¹,

Gottfredson²

1979

Psychology and National Health Insurance: A Sourcebook.

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“…Other policies might involve recruiting, selecting, and supporting the training of psychology graduate students who appear relatively likely to locate in areas with low psychologist-to-population ratios. Results from studies of the practice locations of physicians (Bible, 1970;Taylor, Dickman, & Kane, 1973;U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare, 1974) suggest that such students will be those who come from low-ratio areas.…”

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Geographic distribution of U.S. psychologists: A human ecological analysis.

Richards¹,

Gottfredson²

1978

American Psychologist

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Characteristics of cities and states were correlated with measures of the geographic distribution of U.S, psychologists. Correlations for psychologists providing mental health services were compared with correlations for psychiatrists, clinical socM workers, and school guidance personnel. Population size is the strongest correlate of the absolute number of psychologists in various states and cities. When number relative to population is considered, psychologists are concentrated in affluent urban states and in university towns. The same pattern was obtained for all the groups providing mental health services. No evidence was obtained that any of these groups is distributed in a way offering special advantages for serving groups such as poor, black, or rural people, who appear to need better access to mental health services.

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The politics of the U.S. physician supply

Ginzberg

1990

Health Policy

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The Number of Physicians as a Constraint on Delivery of Health Care

Cited by 5 publications

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Geographic distribution of U.S. psychologists: A human ecological analysis.

Geographic distribution of U.S. psychologists: A human ecological analysis.

Geographic distribution of U.S. psychologists: A human ecological analysis.

The politics of the U.S. physician supply

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