美国眼科劳动力预测,2020年至2035年
Sean T Berkowitz1, Avni P Finn1, Ravi Parikh2
1Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Department of Ophthalmology, Nashville, Tennessee.
Ophthalmology
|September 22, 2023
概括
到2035年,眼科将面临严重的劳动力短缺,供应减少,需求增加. 预计眼科护理服务的地理差异将进一步加剧.
科学领域:
- 眼科医生 眼科 眼科
- 医疗卫生工作人员分析
- 公共卫生政策 公共卫生政策
背景情况:
- 预计2020年至2035年间,眼科医生的预计供应将大幅下降.
- 预计眼科服务的需求将在同一时期大幅增加.
- 现有的卫生工作人员数据凸显出专家可用性的差距越来越大.
研究的目的:
- 分析预计的眼科劳动力供应和需求从2020年到2035年.
- 确定潜在的劳动力短缺及其对患者获得眼科护理的影响.
- 评估未来眼科医生的足够性的地理差异.
主要方法:
- 使用了观察性队列研究设计.
- 来自国家卫生劳动力分析中心 (NCHWA) 的雇员数据.
- 利用来自卫生资源和服务管理局 (HRSA) 的数据分析了劳动力供需预测.
主要成果:
- 预计到2035年,眼科医生供应将减少2650名全职眼科医生 (FTE) (12%的下降).
- 预计到2035年,全球眼科医生需求将增加5150名全日制专业眼科医生 (增长24%).
- 预计到2035年,30%的劳动力不足,大都会地区的77%足够,而非大都会地区的29%.
结论:
- 卫生劳动力模拟模型预测,到2035年,眼科医生将出现严重的眼科短缺.
- 预计在劳动力充足度方面会出现显著的地理差异,这将影响农村患者获得医疗服务.
- 眼科面临着医疗专业中预计最低的劳动力充足率之一,需要进一步的研究和规划.
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