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Supply and Demand in the Health Care Workforce
Supply and Demand in the Health Care Workforce
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There is a rising number of health problems linked to an increasingly obese population. As medical advances that prevent obesity develop, this may decrease the demand and use of health care services to some degree (RAND Corporation, 2005)
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Mr. Salsberg noted that some health professions, such as nurse aides and home health aides, require a minimal amount of education and training and, as a result, large numbers of these professionals can be graduated quickly to respond to the increasing demands on the health care system.
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SOURCE: Salsberg presentation (October 20, 2008) and the Association of American Medical Colleges.
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900,000 Baseline Demand Additional Supply from GME Expansion FTE Physicians (excluding residents) Baseline Supply 850,000 800,000 750,000 700,000 650,000 2006 2009 2012 2015 2018 2021 2024 Year FIGURE 2 Projected national supply and shortfall of physicians with GME expansion.
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He discussed a number of trends in RN employment, including the fact that higher wages usually induce more RNs to enter the workforce and work longer hours. In addition, a bigger stimulus for RNs 3 2.5 Nurses in Millions 2 Demand 1.5 Supply 1 0.5 0 2000 2005 2010 2015 2020 Year FIGURE 3 The United States faces a potential shortage of more than 1 million nurses by 2020.
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. When overall employment and earnings are up in the United States, nurses tend to work fewer hours or retreat altogether from the workforce.
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D Anderson Cancer Center's School of Health Sciences, presented data to show that laboratory and radiology technicians (the allied health care workforce)
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. Allied health professionals compose 60 percent of the health care workforce, and despite this large number, laboratories nationwide are experiencing a shortage of qualified technologists (Health Workforce Solu tions, 2007; Passiment, 2006)
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Ahearn noted. Unfortunately, there are inadequate numbers of allied health care education programs.
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Despite the expanding role that molecular genetic technology is playing in both diagnostic clinical and research laboratories, at the present time, there are only 6 accredited genetic technician academic programs in the United States, with an annual output of 60 graduates (NAACLS, 2008)
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