Primary Care Workforce Facts and Stats

AHRQ is producing a set of fact sheets to provide health care policy and decisionmakers with information on: The primary care workforce in place currently in the U.S.; Its capacity to care for the current U.S. population; and Needed growth in this workforce to accommodate population changes and expanded health care insurance coverage. The fact sheet The Distribution of the U.S. Primary Care Workforce indicates that “Primary care physicians, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants are more likely to practice in rural areas than are non-primary care specialists, but are still more concentrated in urban areas.” (Source: AHRQ)  [Read article]