title: Reassessing the number and mix of system physicians needed.
abstract: As the fee-for-service reimbursement environment gives way to managed care in many parts of the country, healthcare executives are facing the need to reassess the number and specialty mix of their systems' physician populations. By using two sets of guidelines--one developed for fee-for-service environments (the Graduate Medical Education National Advisory Committee guidelines) and the other developed for managed care environments (the Kaiser Permanente guidelines)--healthcare executives can calculate the appropriate number and specialty mix of physicians their systems need to serve their communities.
authors.affiliation: Health Care Concepts, Inc., Greenville, SC, USA.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sauvé
mesh_terms: D005194:Family Practice; D018588:Fee-for-Service Plans / Q000592:standards; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006280:Health Workforce; D008329:Managed Care Programs / Q000592:standards; D008503:Medical Staff / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000600:supply & distribution*; D010820:Physicians / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000600:supply & distribution*; D010934:Planning Techniques; D013038:Specialization; D014481:United States