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HEALTH MANPOWER, 1974

HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

SUBCOMMITTEE ON HEALTH

OF THE

COMMITTEE ON

LABOR AND PUBLIC WELFARE
UNITED STATES SENATE

NINETY-THIRD CONGRESS

SECOND SESSION

ON

S. 3585

TO AMEND THE PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE ACT TO REVISE
AND EXTEND THE PROGRAM OF ASSISTANCE UNDER
TITLE VII FOR TRAINING IN THE HEALTH AND ALLIED
HEALTH PROFESSIONS, ΤΟ REVISE THE NATIONAL
HEALTH SERVICE CORPS PROGRAM AND THE NATIONAL
HEALTH SERVICE CORPS SCHOLARSHIP TRAINING PRO-
GRAM, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AND RELATED BILLS

PART 3

JUNE 24, 1974

APPENDIX I: Geographic Analysis of Physician Shortage Areas
and the Problem of Speciality Maldistribution

Printed for the use of the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare

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COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND PUBLIC WELFARE

HARRISON A. WILLIAMS, JR., New Jersey, Chairman

JENNINGS RANDOLPH, West Virginia
CLAIBORNE PELL, Rhode Island
EDWARD M. KENNEDY, Massachusetts
GAYLORD NELSON, Wisconsin
WALTER F. MONDALE, Minnesota
THOMAS F. EAGLETON, Missouri
ALAN CRANSTON, California
HAROLD E. HUGHES, Iowa
WILLIAM D. HATHAWAY, Maine

JACOB K. JAVITS, New York
PETER H. DOMINICK, Colorado
RICHARD S. SCHWEIKER, Pennsylvania
ROBERT TAFT, JR., Ohio

J. GLENN BEALL, JR., Maryland
ROBERT T. STAFFORD, Vermont

MARIO T. NOTO, Staff Director
ROBERT E. NAGLE, General Counsel

ROY H. MILLENSON, Minority Staff Director
EUGENE MITTELMAN, Minority Counsel

SUBCOMMITTEE ON HEALTH

EDWARD M. KENNEDY, Massachusetts, Chairman

HARRISON A. WILLIAMS, JR., New Jersey RICHARD S. SCHWEIKER, Pennsylvania GAYLORD NELSON, Wisconsin

THOMAS F. EAGLETON, Missouri
ALAN CRANSTON, California
HAROLD E. HUGHES, Iowa
CLAIBORNE PELL, Rhode Island
WALTER F. MONDALE, Minnesota
WILLIAM D. HATHAWAY, Maine

JACOB K. JAVITS, New York
PETER H. DOMINICK, Colorado
J. GLENN BEALL, JR., Maryland
ROBERT TAFT, JR., Ohio

ROBERT T. STAFFORD, Vermont

LEROY G. GOLDMAN, Professional Staff Member
JAY B. CUTLER, Minority Counsel

CONTENTS

Articles, publications, etc.:

Dentist Shortage Areas for Purposes of Cancellation of Health Profes-
sions Student Loans and Repayment of Educational Loans Pursuant Page
to an Agreement_-_

Doctor Shortage: A Brief Examination of Methods, Assumptions, and

Conclusions, by Glenn R. Markus, specialist in social legislation,

Education and Public Welfare Division, from Congressional Re-

search Service, July 2, 1968-

Doctor Shortage? It's Narrowing Down to Primary Care, by Harry T.
Paxton, from Medical Economics, March 19, 1973__.
Effectiveness of Student Aid Programs Tied To a Service Commitment,
by Henry R. Mason, M.P.H., from the Journal of Medical Education,
vol. 46, July 1971__.

Entering an Agreement to Practice in a Shortage Area, handbook of
information for physicians (M.D. and D.O.) optometrists, dentists,
podiatrists, veterinarians, and pharmacists---

Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Loan Forgiveness as an Incentive

for Health Practitioners To Locate in Medically Underserved Areas,

prepared by CONSAD Research Corporation, Pittsburgh, Pa., Janu-

ary 31, 1973____

Appendix A-Legislative history and intent of the Public Health

Service Act relating to loan forgiveness for physicians, dentists,

and optometrists---

Appendix B-List of designated shortage areas..

Appendix C-General Bibliography__

Geographic Analysis of Counties Without an Active Non-Federal Physi-

cian, United States, 1963-71, by Ross Mullner, M.S., and Thomas W.

O'Rourke, Ph. D., MPH, from Health Services Reports, vol. 89, No.

3, May-June 1974__.

1607

1723

1124

1528

Health Care in the South: A Statistical Profile, from Southern Re-
gional Council, Inc., Atlanta, Ga., June 1974_.
Health Services in Rural America, Agriculture Information Bulletin
No. 362, U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development Serv-
ice, July 1973____

1141

Manpower Needs by Specialty, by Henry R. Mason, MPH, from the
Journal of the American Medical Association, vol. 219, March 20,
1972

Misused and Misplaced Hospitals and Doctors, a locational analysis of
the urban health care crisis, by Pierre de Vise, from Association of
American Geographers, 1973-

Numbers of Physicians Required for Primary Medical Care, from the
New England Journal of Medicine, March 16, 1972-

Optometrist Shortage Areas for Purposes of Concellation of Health

Professions Student Loans and Repayment of Educational Loans

Pursuant to an Agreement--

Physician-Patient as an Informed Consumer of Surgical Services,

from the New England Journal of Medicine, May 9, 1974-----

1254

1711

831

1698

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