Princeton Conference XIV (2007)
Health Care Workforce Issues of the 21st Century
May 23-24, 2007
The Fourteenth Princeton Conference was held at The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation in Princeton, NJ, on May 23-24, 2007. Questions that were addressed included: Do we have enough physicians to meet the demand of the baby boomers? What effect do women have on the practice styles of physicians? What is the effect of specialty choice of new entrants into the medical profession? Do we have the right mix of physicians? Can nurse practitioners fill the primary care provision gap? What are the root causes of nursing shortages and what are the possible solutions? What are the national and international effects of employing foreign medical graduates?
At this conference, new data was presented to stimulate discussion and spotlight evidence-based approaches to predicting, building and retaining a sustainable workforce. We also discussed the changing demographics of the physician workforce and considered the means by which government and market forces influence workforce availability.
Agenda
Fourteenth Princeton Conference Agenda
Policy Brief
Princeton Conference XIV Policy Brief: The Health Care Workforce: Facing Peril or Opportunity?
Findings from the 14th Princeton Conference, May 23-24, 2007
By Amy Smalarz, Garen Corbett and Michael Doonan
Publication date: July 2007
Papers
Analyzing Cause and Effect in the U.S. Physician Workforce
Economists on Academic Medicine: Elephants in a Porcelain Shop?
Uwe E.Reinhardt, Ph.D.
James Madison Professor of Political Economy
Princeton University
What Works: Healing the Healthcare Staffing Shortage
PricewaterhouseCoopers' Health Research Institute
Presentations
The Imperative to Increase Physician Supply Richard A. Cooper, M.D.
Professor of Medicine
University of Pennsylvania
The Ultimate Question: Should We Invest Billions of Dollars to Expand Physician Training Rates?
David C. Goodman, M.D., MS
Professor of Pediatrics and of Community and Family Medicine
Dartmouth Medical School
Reflections
Kevin A. Schulman, M.D.
Director, Center for Clinical and Genetic Economics
Duke University Medical Center
Were the Projections of a Physician Surplus Wrong? If So Why? and Can We Learn from Our Mistakes?
Edward Salsberg, MS
Director of the Center for Workforce Studies, Associate Vice President
The Association of American Colleges
New Projections of Physician Supply
Douglas Staiger, Ph.D.
Professor of Economics
Dartmouth College
David Auerbach
Principal Analyst, Health and Human Services Division
Congressional Budget Office
Peter I. Buerhaus, Ph.D., RN, FAAN
Valere Potter Distinguished Professor of Nursing
Director, Center for Interdisciplinary Health Workforce Studies
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Women in the Physician Workforce
Phyllis L. Carr, M.D.
Associate Dean of Students
Boston University School of Medicine
The Changing Demographics of the Physician Workforce
Joan Y. Reede, M.D., MPH, MS
Dean for Diversity and Community Partnership
Harvard Medical School
Nursing Shortages: Is There a Crisis? If So, What Are the Implications?
Linda H. Aiken, Ph.D.
The Claire M. Fagin Leadership Professor of Nursing
Director, Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research
University of Pennsylvania
Nursing Shortages - Is There a Crisis?
Peter I. Buerhaus, Ph.D., RN, FAAN
Valere Potter Distinguished Professor of Nursing
Director, Center for Interdisciplinary Health Workforce Studies
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Breaking the Cycle: Developing the Next Generation Model of Care Delivery and Staffing for Physicians and Nurses
Jack Rodgers, Ph.D.
Managing Director of Health Policy Economics
PricewaterhouseCoopers
Survival of the Fittest: What Is the Mission of the Teaching Hospitals?
Uwe E. Reinhardt, Ph.D.
James Madison Professor of Political Economy
Princeton University
Medicare Payments & Workforce Issues
Mark E. Miller, Ph.D.
Executive Director
Medicare Payment Advisory Commission
The Collapsing Primary Care Foundation: Why It Matters and What to Do About It
Kevin Grumbach, M.D.
Professor and Chair of the Department of Family and Community Medicine
University of California, San Francisco
Evidence, Value and the Role of Doctors of Nursing Practice
Mary O'Neil Mundinger, Dr.P.H.
Dean and Centennial Professor in Health Policy
Columbia University School of Nursing
The Supply and Demand of Physician Assistants and Nurse Practitioners in the U.S.
Roderick S. Hooker, Ph.D., MBA, PA
Medical Staff - Rheumatology
Department of Veterans Affairs, Dallas VA Medical Center
Trouble in Paradise: The US and the Health Workforce of the World
Fitzhugh Mullan, M.D.
Murdock Head Professor of Medicine and Health Policy
George Washington University
Effects of Using International Medical Graduates and Professionals in the U.S.: An International Perspective
Onyebuchi A. Arah, M.D., D.Sc.
Center for Prevention and Health Services Research
National Institute for Public Health
Can We Use the Health Care Workforce More Efficiently?
Elliott S. Fisher, M.D., MPH
Professor of Medicine
Dartmouth Medical School
Workforce Planning: Expansion vs. Restructuring
Jerome H. Grossman, M.D.
Senior Fellow
John F. Kennedy School of Government