Browsing by Author "Allen, Deborah I."

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    Data Brief: Indiana Physician Assistants 2012
    (2014-06) Banti, Sudha; Barclay, Jonathan; Sheff, Zachary T.; Allen, Deborah I.; Zollinger, Terrell W.
    The physician assistant (PA) workforce in Indiana is growing quickly. Since 2004, the estimated number of non‐government − employed PAs actively working in Indiana has more than doubled, from less than 400 in 2004 to nearly 900 in 2012.
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    Indiana Physician Assistant 2012 Licensure Survey Report
    (2014-01) Sheff, Zachary T.; Zollinger, Terrell W.; Barclay, Jonathan C.; Allen, Deborah I.; Banti, Sudha
    Physician assistants (PAs) were asked to participate in a survey when they renewed their state license to practice in 2012. There were 989 total PAs who renewed their licenses in 2012, of which 819 completed their renewal online and were offered the survey. Of those offered the survey, 730 (89.1%) completed it. There were 660 physician assistants who met all of the inclusion criteria for the analysis. Individuals included in the analysis must have (1) responded to the survey, (2) held an active or probationary Indiana license, (3) listed at least one Indiana practice address, and (4) indicated that they were actively working as a physician assistant. Only individuals who listed a primary practice address in Indiana were included in the maps in Chapter 4. The sample analyzed in this report represents 66.7 percent of the total number of PA licensees in the state.
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    Indiana Physician Licensure 2011 Survey Report
    (2013-01) Lewis, Cynthia K.; Sheff, Zachary T.; Allen, Deborah I.; Zollinger, Terrell W.
    A total of 23,026 physician licenses were issue d or renewed in 2011. Nearly all of these licenses were renewed electronically (21,400) and given the opportunity to respond to a brief survey. The survey received a 90.7 percent response rate. Of the 19,326 physicians who responded to the survey, 10,927 were determined to be practicing in Indiana and, out of these respondents, 10,289 met the criteria for inclusion in this report.
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    Indiana Primary Care Clinician 2012 Workforce Report
    (2012-08) Lewis, Cynthia K.; Sheff, Zachary T.; Zollinger, Terrell W.; Allen, Deborah I.
    Primary care clinicians are a critical segment of the health care workforce in Indiana. The Institute of Medicine defined primary care as “the provision of integrated, accessible health care services by clinicians who are accountable for addressing a large majority of personal health care needs, developing a sustained partnership with patients, and practicing in the context of family and community.” 1 For this report, a physician was considered a “primary care physician” if their specialty was one of the following: family medicine, general internal medicine, general practice, internal medicine – pediatrics, and general pediatrics. In addition to these physician specialties, physician assistants and nurse practitioners who also provide primary care and are included in this report as part of the group considered to be primary care clinicians. The purpose of this report is to describe the current state of the primary care clinician workforce in Indiana, their demographic characteristics, practice setting, and geographical locations. The geographical locations are presented in different ways for the various stakeholders. The information presented in this report may be useful for projecting future needs given the current number of providers and proportion nearing retirement as well as the geographical areas where special attention may be needed to insure residents have adequate access to primary care clinicians in the future.
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    Issue Brief: Indiana’s Health Professions Workforce Shortages and Mal-distribution
    (2007-10) McKeag, Douglas B.; Zollinger, Terrell W.; Allen, Deborah I.; Przybyiski, Michael J.; Holloway, Angela M.; Kochhar, Komal; Muegge, Carolyn M.; Emery, Elizabeth J.
    Workforce shortages have been documented across a broad spectrum of health profession disciplines in Indiana. Currently, federal, state and local programs exist to recruit and retain health professionals in our state; however, these programs have had minimal impact on the underlying factors that contribute to the problem. Additional steps must be taken to expand the supply of health professionals to adequately meet the growing need for health care services among Indiana residents. While many health professional shortages exist, this brief will focus on the primary care physicians and nurses needed to provide medical homes for residents of our state.
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    Report of Responses to the 2003, 2005 and 2007 Indiana Physician Surveys
    (2009-04) Allen, Deborah I.; Zollinger, Terrell W.; Kochhar, Komal; Reger, Michael K.; Chowdhury, Shabnam
    A variety of survey methods have been used since the 1970’s to learn more about the physician supply and distribution in the state of Indiana. Since 1997, a voluntary survey instrument has been attached to the physician license renewal form, which physicians complete every 2 years. Those renewing their licenses online in 2003, 2005 and 2007 were invited to complete the survey. Those renewing their license through the mail were not given the opportunity to complete the survey. The physician survey was implemented through a collaboration of the Indiana State Department of Health (ISDH) and the Indiana Professional Licensing Agency (IPLA). This report summarizes the responses to the 2003, 2005 and 2007 Indiana Physician Surveys and compares these results to the results of the prior physician surveys reported in the Indiana Physician Survey Databook, 1997 and the Indiana Physician Survey Databook, 2001.