2008 Nursing Licensure Data

The 2008 Nursing Licensure Data is now available. In 2008, the Michigan Center for Nursing conducted the fourth annual survey of nurses licensed in Michigan to collect data on their employment status, geographic distribution, age, plans to continue practicing, work setting, practice area, education, gender, and racial/ethnic background.
Survey of Nurses 2008
RN County Level Results 2008
LPN County Level Results 2008

The Michigan Department of Community Health (MDCH) conducted a survey of licensed Pharmacists in 2007 to collect data on their employment characteristics, education, and work environment. This report presents the survey findings and description of the survey methodology.

2008 Pharmacist Survey
2007 Pharmacist Survey 

2008 Michigan Dentist and Dental Hygienist Licensure Data 

The Michigan Department of Community Health (MDCH) asked Public Sector Consultants Inc. (PSC) to conduct a survey of licensed dentists and dental hygienists in 2008 to gather information about their employment characteristics, education, and work environment.

2008 Dentist Licensure data
2008 Dental Hygienist Licensure data
2006 Dentist Licensure data
2006 Dental Hygienist Licensure data
 

Specialty and Geographic Distribution of the Physician Workforce: What Influences Medical Student and Resident Choices?

There is increasing interest in assuring sustaining healing relationships through primary care. Yet, the U.S. does not actively influence the number, type, or geographic distribution of its physician workforce.  Current difficulties in access to primary care physicians are due most acutely to the specialty and practice location choices made by physicians-in-training and not to an underproduction of physicians. Solving the poor distribution of physicians will require understanding of the factors that influence students’ choices.

With the generous support of the Josiah Macy, Jr. Foundation, the Graham Center and critical partners have completed the most comprehensive study of the factors affecting student and resident choices over the last 30 years. The report, Specialty and Geographic Distribution of the Physician Workforce: What Influences Medical Student and Resident Choices? shows the wide difference between specialty and primary care incomes to be particularly devastating for producing a more balanced workforce. There are also many factors in the hands of medical schools that could offset market effects. The report identifies the factors affecting student and resident choices and provides options for increasing choice of primary care and rural or underserved practice location.

Read the full text: http://www.graham-center.org/online/graham/home/publications/monographs-books/2009/rgcmo-specialty-geographic.html

Report presents profile of U.S. health workforce

A new report from the Center for Health Workforce Studies at the University of Albany's School of Public Health compiles 2004 data on the supply, distribution and education of nurses, physicians and other health care workers by state, to provide a profile of the U.S. health care workforce. "Access to care, quality of care, and costs of care are all affected by the availability of properly educated and trained workers," said co-author and Center Director Jean Moore. "Our goal with this report is to present a wide array of data on the health workforce to help state planners and policymakers better understand and address critical health workforce issues."

The Future of Michigan's Dental Workforce
Presentation - Part 1
Presentation - Part 2

 

• Strategies to Address Shortages in the Health Professions

 

• Bibliography

 

 

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