Publications of the ACS Health Policy Research Institute

Fact Sheets

Walker E, Poley S, Ricketts T. “The Aging Surgeon Population.” Fact Sheet Issue 5. Chapel Hill, North Carolina. American College of Surgeons Health Policy Research Institute, May 2010.

 
Nelligan C, Wright B, Scarborough J, Poley S, Walker E, Ricketts T. “Charity Care Among Surgeons.” Fact Sheet Issue 4. Chapel Hill, North Carolina. American College of Surgeons Health Policy Research Institute, May 2010.

Poley, S.; Ricketts, T.; Belsky, D.; Gaul, K. “Pediatric Surgeons: Subspecialists Increasing Faster than Generalists.” Fact Sheet Issue 3. Chapel Hill, North Carolina. American College of Surgeons Health Policy Research Institute, July 2009.

 

Belsky D; Ricketts T; Poley S; Gaul K; Fraher E; Sheldon G. “Surgical Deserts in the US: Places Without Surgeons.” Fact Sheet Issue 2. Chapel Hill, North Carolina. American College of Surgeons Health Policy Research Institute, July 2009.

 

Poley S; Belsky D; Gaul K; Ricketts T; Fraher E; Sheldon G. “Longitudinal Trends in the U.S. Surgical Workforce, 1981-2006.” Fact Sheet Issue 1. Chapel Hill, North Carolina. American College of Surgeons Health Policy Research Institute, May 2009.

 

 

Other Publications

ACS Health Policy Research Institute and the American Association of Medical Colleges.  The Surgery Workforce in the United States: Profile and Recent Trends. April 2010.

Gaul K, Poley ST, Ricketts III TC, Walker E, and Groves J. “Mapping the Supply of Surgeons in the United States, 2009”.
Chapel Hill, North Carolina. American College of Surgeons Health Policy Research Institute, April 2010.

ACS Health Policy Research Institute and the American Association of Medical Colleges.  The Surgery Workforce in the United States: Profile and Recent Trends. March 2009.

 

Journal Articles

Sheldon, George F.  “Health Care Reform: Are We Missing the Important Issues?”  Annals of Surgery. 251(2):201-202, February 2010.

Ricketts TC, King J and Fraher E. 2009. Productivity of General Surgeons: Age, Gender and Location Effects. Cahiers de Sociologie et de Démographie médicales. Vol 49 No. 3, 2009 pp. 336-7.

Stitzenberg KB, Sigurdson ER, Egleston BL, Starkey RB, Meropol NJ.  Centralization of cancer surgery:  implications for patient access to optimal care.  Journal of Clinical Oncology, October 2009, 27(28):4671-8.  (Editorial: Greenberg CC, Ashley SW, Schrag D.  Centralization of Cancer Surgery:  What Does It Mean for Surgical Training?  Journal of Clinical Oncology, October 2009, 27(28):4637-9.)

Ricketts TC. 2009. How Many Physicians” How Much Does It Matter. JAMA. Vol 302 No. 12, October 11.

Pathman D, Ricketts TC. 2009. Interdependence of General Surgeons and Primary Care Physicians in Rural Communities. Surgical Clinics of North America. In Press, 2009.

Ricketts TC. 2009. The Migration of Surgeons.  Annals of Surgery. Annals of Surgery. 251:363-367.

Ricketts TC. Accessing Health Care. Chapter in A Companion to Health and Medical Geography. Brown T, McLafferty S, Moon G. eds. London: Blackwell, 2009 pp. 521-39.

Poley S, Belsky D; Gaul K; Ricketts T, Fraher E, & Sheldon G. (2009) Longitudinal trends in the US surgical workforce, 1981-2006. Bulletin of the American College of Surgeons. 94(8):27-31.

King, Jennifer; Fraher, Erin P; Ricketts, Thomas C.; Charles, Anthony; Sheldon, George F.; Meyer, Anthony. “Characteristics of practice among rural and urban general surgeons in North Carolina”. Annals of Surgery. June 2009; 249(6): 1052-1060.

Sheldon, George F.; Ricketts, Thomas C.; Charles, Anthony; King, Jennifer; Fraher, Erin P.; Meyer, Anthony. “The global health workforce shortage: role of surgeons and other providers. Advances in Surgery; 2008; 12: 63-85.

Ricketts TC, Randolph R. “The Diffusion of Physicians”. Health Affairs. September/October, 2008; 27(3):1409-1415.