Question

There is a growing concern that we are currently not producing enough providers to treat the existing number of patients, much less any influx of new patients. This is a far cry from the 1980s, when it was felt we had too many providers. This swinging pendulum of supply will be the topic of this week’s assignment. First, define what a physician shortage is. Is the shortage found within the entire profession or isolated to certain areas? What impact has the nursing shortage had on the shortage of physicians? Next, identify and discuss the long- and short-term consequences of a physician shortage (Be sure to discuss the private and public market). Identify and discus the 3 general approaches that can be used to decrease the demand for physician services. Discuss 3 approaches to increase physician supply.

Answer 1

Physician or the provider who provide health care to the patient .The mean physician patient ratio is 2.3/1000 or 2.3:-1000 or 2.3 provider per 1000 patient .When tgee 7s a shortage in tgus number of provider it is called as physician shortage.

The shortage is mainly with the Primary provider,but more than this the shortage for speciality care are also outnumbered. The shortage is more in rural area than in urban area.

The shortage of nursing profession lead to over work for long hours .This further lead to fatigue, stress,tiredness and medical error.It impacted by difficulty in communication between doctor nurse relationship to update patient status for treatment which lead to decreased work performance.

The short term consequences are

• slower rate in the treatment or time consuming
• can be suggested by nurse practitioner but a provider is neede to provide final decision
• over tiring by the physician on duty

Long term consequences

• Poor health care delivery
• loss of hope on physician and care
• High cost to be spent by patients to visit a physician

Some of the approaches to which can be done are

• Increase the number of physician in hospital, primary csre centre,clinics
• Providers can be hired from different parts of the country and worldwide
• A Nurse Practioner can be a part to meet this demand or shortage
• Providers can be givrn a better incentives timely