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1Longshore+Simmons, Conshohocken, PA, USA.
Health Care Strategic Management
|March 8, 1997
Summary
Physician resource planning requires updated rates for over 30 medical specialties to align with evolving healthcare markets. This study revises previous physician need rates based on new research and practical experience.
Area of Science:
- Healthcare Management
- Medical Staffing
- Health Economics
Background:
- A 1995 article presented physician need rates for community hospitals.
- These rates were developed by health care consultants Richard J. Lohkamp, Ph.D., and H.J. Simmons III.
- The rates were published in Health Care Strategic Management.
Purpose of the Study:
- To update physician need rates for over 30 medical specialties.
- To reflect changes in healthcare markets since 1995.
- To provide current data for hospital physician resource planning.
Main Methods:
- Subsequent research and practical application of the 1995 rates.
- Analysis of physician resource planning in hospitals across several states.
- Revision of initial physician need rate findings.
Main Results:
- Updated physician need rates are presented.
- The findings are based on extensive research and consulting experience.
- The revised rates account for evolving healthcare markets.
Conclusions:
- Physician resource planning must incorporate updated need rates.
- Current data is essential for effective hospital staffing.
- The study provides a revised framework for strategic physician planning.