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Estinating the Need for Additional
Primary Care Physicians
By Arntbmy Hinddk, Nicholas Dierckman, Charles R. Slandridge,
Harry DVlchcr, Raymond Murray, and A. Alan B. Prisker
A /uems approach i¡ used to ea^ the primary health care delivery
system in Indiana. The outpui (ofce viit) of prinmary care physidcana i
estimated and compared with the demand for her r vicea. Indexes of de.
mand, aupply. cou, and need are derived and used to determine the addi.
ton u aumbr of priry care phycanada n d in ac urea. The raesul
ol thb study are belh used to encorage aduating medical tudents to
pr~ in ua in naed of additiomnl prima medial care.
PRimuy medical catu has becon an are~ of- oonen because of
the ppa deere in the umber of primary medical care proid.
e m specdly g8eral and ahmily pantido;ne inD tbe United Sancs
and spdcklly in tdie ut of lndiana [1-S]. A tchnique was dcvcl.
oped la thib remebc to ~umr the primary health car delivery sy~
in Indima and to provide inmaIua regaprding the ned for addi.
tiaN pd~ care phystam nla drcat areu of tbe sate.
Dibcuuom bet~w qms anm mullns t Purdue Universiy and
phbiu am at the R]qenrieef Instute for Health Care revled that
li ord or r the a modl be ushlf, it parame~t would haye to be
dma b Ol actua data. Thus de modeling proca wu con.
Uda~ed by tbe aivblM ky of dnu prduding for xample, considaea
rb d lt e fie of Shnncim ma as Blue Cros/Blue
Shied, M icare, d Medicaid. A discuion of thes modeling i¡nes
can be formd n hnddg, Pri , and Delche [4].
Meha.d¡o y for Aein Primay Medical Care Servie
hPby M01a Cmar avk A s
ac h in ll n [S,6] have dscribed the distribution of
pTimay care enics by using rmii of population per primary carc
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