Workforce Studies
Workforce Studies is academic medicine's source for physician workforce projections, data, and research.
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U.S. Physician Workforce Data Dashboard
The U.S. Physician Workforce Data Dashboard provides the most current data available about the physician workforce across specialties in a series of interactive visualizations. This dashboard provides detailed statistics about active physicians in the largest practice specialties (i.e., specialties with > 2,500 active physicians) in the United States and its territories.

Black Representation in the Primary Care Physician Workforce and Its Association With Population Life Expectancy and Mortality Rates in the US
This research assesses county-level Black PCP workforce representation and its association with mortality-related outcomes in the US.
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Physician Workforce Projections
The Complexities of Physician Supply and Demand: Projections From 2019 to 2034 projects a shortage of 37,800 and 124,000 physicians by 2034, including a national shortfall of between 17,800 and 48,000 primary care physicians and between 21,000 and 77,100 non-primary care specialty physicians by 2034.
Peer-Reviewed Publications

AAMC Workforce Peer-Reviewed Publications
Journal articles featuring research and analyses from the AAMC Workforce studies team.
Data Snapshots

AAMC Workforce Studies Data Snapshots
Workforce Studies Data Snapshots are published periodically throughout the year, each data snapshot examines previously published or unpublished data.
Datasets

AAMC Workforce Studies Datasets
Learn about the workforce studies datasets: the Consumer Survey of Health Care Access and the National Sample Survey of Physicians.
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AAMC Workforce Meetings and Presentations
Every year, workforce studies presents data and analysis and convenes workforce community leaders at the AAMC Health Workforce Research Conference and Learn Serve Lead: The AAMC Annual Meeting.