The American College of Surgeons Health Policy Research Institute is an organization which studies and reports on issues related to the state of the surgical profession, the surgical workforce, and surgical utilization in the United States. The Institute provides expert advice, data analysis, and original research for surgical professional associations and boards, policymakers, and the health services research community.
News
The American College of Surgeons Health Policy Research Institute has several new publications for release in the Spring of 2010 and will soon be launching an interactive online map of the surgical workforce.
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Mapping the Supply of Surgeons in the United States, 2009, is a collection of national, regional, and state-level maps of the total and general surgeon workforce relative to population density. These maps provide the ratio of providers to population at the county-level for the purpose of assessing the geographic distribution of surgeons in the United States. Access and download individual maps here. |
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The Surgical Workforce in the United States: Profile and Recent Trends: This publication provides detailed descriptive statistics about active physicians and physicians in training in 12 major surgical specialties: colorectal surgery, dermatologic surgery, general surgery,neurosurgery, obstetrical and gynecological surgery, ophthalmologic surgery, orthopedic surgery,otolaryngological surgery, pediatric surgery, plastic surgery, thoracic surgery, urologic surgery. Data include comparisons of a given surgical specialty to other surgical specialties, as well as to all surgeons and all physicians. The purpose of this report is to provide health services researchers, policy makers, and the public with data to better understand surgical workforce trends and dynamics to inform their decision making. This project was developed under subcontract with the Association of American Medical Colleges. |
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Charity Care Among Surgeons, is the fourth in a series of fact sheets produced by the American College of Surgeons Health Policy Research Institute. Findings presented in this fact sheet show that surgeons provide more hours of charity care than other types of physicians and that some practice characteristics, such as ownership and size of practice, is associated with the provision of more charity care among surgeons. |
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The Aging Surgeon Population, is the fifth in a series of fact sheets produced by the American College of Surgeons Health Policy Research Institute, which highlights the demographic characteristics of the surgical workforce. This fact sheet presents trends by surgical specialty, regions, and rural-urban county status.
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Upcoming Events
The American College of Surgeons Health Policy Research Institute staff presented four projects at the 6th Annual AAMC Physician Workforce Conference May 5-7, 2010 in Alexandria, VA.
Research findings from the American College of Surgeons Health Policy Research Institute will also be presented at the AcademyHealth Research Meeting in Boston June 27-29, 2010. For more information about the meeting or to register, click here.
Staff will also present at the American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress October 3-7, 2010 in Washington, DC. For more information about the meeting or to register, click here.