Report covers Ohio physician workforce data

The Association of American Medical Colleges has released its 2007 State Physician Workforce Data report (Note: PDF download). The report provides updated and expanded information on the active physician supply in each state, current medical school enrollment, physicians in graduate medical education programs, in-state retention rates, and more. The Ohio specific data finds that:

• Ohio ranks 17th among all states for active physicians per 100,000 population. In all, there were 28,904 active physicians in the state as of July 1, 2006, or 251.8 physicians per 100,000 people. (Source: State Physician Workforce Data, pages 5 and 6.)
• Ohio ranked 23rd for primary care physicians, with 10,244 total physicians practicing primary care or 89.2 physicians per 100,000 people. (Source: Ibid, page 10.)
• Ohio ranked 34th for the number of physicians who are 60 or older. 5,997 Ohio physicians, or 20.7% of all active physicians, are over age 60, while 6,026 or 20.8% are under age 40. (Souce: Ibid, page 16.)