Future supply and demand for oncologists : challenges to assuring access to oncology services.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To conduct a comprehensive analysis of supply of and demand for oncology services through 2020. This study was commissioned by the Board of Directors of ASCO.

Methods

New data on physician supply gathered from surveys of practicing oncologists, oncology fellows, and fellowship program directors were analyzed, along with 2005 American Medical Association Masterfile data on practicing medical oncologists, hematologists/oncologists, and gynecologic oncologists, to determine the baseline capacity and to forecast visit capacity through 2020. Demand for visits was calculated by applying age-, sex-, and time-from-diagnosis-visit rate data from the National Cancer Institute's analysis of the 1998 to 2002 Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) database to the Natio

SUBMITTER: Erikson C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2793740 | biostudies-literature | 2007 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature