Nursing Workforce Growth Projection
Across Primary Care and Allied
Primary Care, current completions
are not enough to close the gap
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physicians cannot
get their work done
without the support of
the other staff involved
in patient care"
There were 292 new primary care physician openings in
2020. Of the 568 GA physician graduates, historic trends
would suggest that roughly 200 become primary care
physicians, and some of those may leave the state 1,2
Non-physician primary care completions (i.e., NP, PA,
Allied Primary Care) fill less than 50% of the open
positions. For example, there were 1,020 new openings
for NPs but only 339 completions in 2020
"...Primary Care
physicians that are well-
educated [are the most
challenging to
recruit for]"
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The challenge extends to the allied professions where
there were 4,193 medical assistant openings and less
than 900 completions in 2020
1.National average 37% of physicians in 2019 had a primary care orientation, applied to the 568 GA graduates. Source: AAMC Physician Specialty Data Report
"[As] shown in multiple
studies, a good core of
primary care will be great for
the overall health of
the area as well as most
cost effective"
- Commission Member Quotes
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