Unpacking the Primary Care Clinician Index: Understanding How Changes in Population and Workforce Supply Affect Access to Primary Care in North Carolina
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Description
Analyzes the primary care clinician supply between 2017 and 2024 to identify how it has changed with regard to physician, population, and geographic characteristics including rurality. Discusses how the studied characteristics indicate access to care. Discusses the role of the nurse practitioner workforce in increasing access to care.
Author(s)
Evan Galloway, Brianna Lombardi, Erin Fraher
Citation
North Carolina Medical Journal, 86(3)
Date
10/2025
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Access
· County-by-county data
· Health workforce supply and demand
· Nurse practitioners and other advanced practice registered nurses
· Physician assistants
· Physicians
· Primary care
· Rural-urban differences
· Statistics and data
· North Carolina