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Refining physician manpower data

J W Begun

    Medical Care
    |September 1, 1977
    PubMed
    Summary
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    Physician manpower data from the American Medical Association (AMA) requires adjustments due to classification changes. Adjusted data indicate an increase in patient care physicians, contrary to previous conclusions.

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    Area of Science:

    • Health Policy
    • Medical Workforce Analysis
    • Biostatistics

    Background:

    • Physician manpower trends are often assessed using American Medical Association (AMA) data.
    • Historical changes in AMA data classification procedures (1968) and the rise of unclassified physicians since 1970 complicate trend analysis.
    • Unadjusted data may lead to inaccurate conclusions regarding physician specialty and activity status over time.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To present a method for adjusting AMA physician manpower data to account for historical classification changes.
    • To re-evaluate trends in physician supply, specialty distribution, and patient care engagement.
    • To correct for potential overstatements in data suggesting a decline in patient care and primary care physicians.

    Main Methods:

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  • Developed a data adjustment methodology for AMA physician manpower statistics.
  • Accounted for changes in physician classification procedures over time.
  • Analyzed the impact of the growing "not classified" physician category.

    • Main Results:

    • Adjusted data reveal that the shift of physicians away from patient care and primary care practice is less pronounced than previously reported.
    • The percentage of physicians engaged in direct patient care has shown an increase over the last decade, not a decrease.
    • Unadjusted AMA data overstate the decline in patient care and primary care physician numbers.

    Conclusions:

    • Adjusted AMA data provide a more accurate representation of physician manpower trends.
    • The perceived decrease in physicians dedicated to patient care and primary care is an artifact of unadjusted data.
    • The physician workforce shows a trend towards increased, not decreased, engagement in patient care activities.