Physician recruitment is not keeping pace with the number of doctors retiring or leaving New York, according to an annual survey from the Healthcare Association of New York State (HANYS).
The association compiled the responses of 110 of its member hospitals outside of New York City in its 2012 Physician Advocacy Survey. It found that over 2,500 physicians left the area or retired in 2011, compared to just 2,400 new physicians who were recruited.
That combined with an increase in the number of physicians needed to leave respondents looking for a total of more than 1,200 physicians. They sought over 370 primary-care physicians.
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Nearly a third of hospitals, 32 percent, had to reduce or eliminate services in 2011 because of physician shortages, the survey found. And 75 percent of respondents reported experiencing lapses in some specialty coverage in their emergency rooms due to shortages, excluding the Nassau-Suffolk region.
HANYS, a statewide hospital and continuing-care association, developed its report along with the Iroquois Healthcare Alliance, Nassau-Suffolk Hospital Council, Northern Metropolitan Hospital Association, Rochester Regional Healthcare Association, and Western New York Healthcare Association.
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