Medical training program size and clinical staff productivity and turnover.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The objective of this analysis was to evaluate the effect of resident program training size on clinician productivity and turnover in the Veterans Health Administration (VHA), the largest education and training platform for medical professionals in the United States.

Data sources

We retrieved administrative data on training programs and training facilities from the VA Office of Academic Affiliations and the VHA Corporate Data Warehouse. Data on primary care physician shortage areas were retrieved from the Health Resources and Services Administration.

Study design

We used a quasi-experimental instrumental variables 2SLS design and constructed an exogenous predicted training allocation treatment variable as a function of the total national training program all

SUBMITTER: Tenso K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11782085 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature