Surgeon Workforce in Underserved Communities

Crystal D Taylor; Sara L Schaefer; Adrian Diaz; Nicholas Kunnath; John W Scott; Andrew M Ibrahim

doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2024.3531

Surgeon Workforce in Underserved Communities

JAMA Health Forum. 2024 Nov 1;5(11):e243531. doi: 10.1001/jamahealthforum.2024.3531.

Authors

Crystal D Taylor¹, Sara L Schaefer¹, Adrian Diaz², Nicholas Kunnath¹, John W Scott^{3

4}, Andrew M Ibrahim¹

Affiliations

¹ Center for Healthcare Outcomes & Policy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
² Department of Surgery, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois.
³ Department of Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle.
⁴ Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, Seattle.

No abstract available

Plain language summary

This cohort study evaluates the Health Professional Shortage Area Surgeon Incentive Program to determine how it may have changed the surgeon workforce in designated areas.

Grants and funding

T32 CA236621/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States