The 2013 to 2019 Emergency Medicine Workforce: Clinician Entry and Attrition Across the US Geography.

ABSTRACT:

Study objective

We sought to identify longitudinal trends in workforce entry and attrition among rural and urban emergency physicians, nonemergency physicians, and advanced practice providers.

Methods

We performed a repeated cross-sectional analysis, from 2013 to 2019, of emergency clinicians who received reimbursement for at least 50 Evaluation and Management services [99281-99285] from Medicare part B within any study year. We calculated the emergency workforce's entry and attrition rates annually. Entry was defined as clinicians newly entering or re-entering the workforce, and attrition was defined as clinicians leaving permanently or temporarily. We stratified the analyses by rural designation and assessed the proportions and state-level changes in clinician density.

SUBMITTER: Gettel CJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9398978 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature