Michigan's primary care workforce is at a crossroads. With a growing demand for health care services and a decline supply of providers, how can we meet the needs of Michigan's families to get the right care, at the right times, in the right places.
4. Grimes and Fulton, Institute on Labor, Employment and the Economy,
Prepared for Michigan Department of Transportation
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
0 to 17 18 to 24 25 to 44 45 to 64 65 plus
2010
2040
Percent of Michigan Population
Distribution by Age Group
Percent of population
5. 1 in 4
Michigan residents
will be older than
65 by 2020
11. Nearing Capacity of Current Providers
Percent of physicians reporting number of new
12%
patients they can accept
46%
42%
1
0.8
0.6
0.4
0.2
0
NONE A FEW MANY
Source: 2012 MDCH Survey
23. 16 reports with
more than 200
individual
recommendations
since 2006
24. Michigan Department of Community Health Increasing
health care workforce capacity in Michigan
2012
Blue Ribbon Physician Workforce Committee
2006
Michigan Primary Care Association
Improving Michigan’s primary care workforce policies
2012
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
Health Resources and Services Administration
Strategic partnership session
2009
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Modernizing the workforce for the public’s health: Shifting
the balance
2013
American Hospital Association
Workforce roles in a redesigned primary care model
2011
American Hospital Association
Workforce 2015: Strategy trumps shortage
2010
Bipartisan Policy Center
The complexities of national health care workforce planning
2011
Association of Academic Health Centers
Out of order, out of time: The state of the nation’s health
workforce
2008
New York State Workforce Investment Board
Transforming the health workforce for New New York
2012
Institute for Alternative Futures
Primary care 2025: A scenario exploration
2012
Association of Academic Health Centers
State actions and the health workforce crisis
2007
Robert Graham Center
n.d.
National Institute for Health Care Reform
Matching supply to demand: Addressing the U.S. primary care
workforce shortage
2011
Urban Institute Health Policy Center
Assuring access to care under health reform: The key role of
workforce policy
2011
26. At your tables, answer these
questions
What foundations exist today to build upon?
What is the value to re-imagining primary care?
What are the first steps we’d need to take?
Who is at the table? Who is the champion?