Evidence of a Current and Lasting National Anesthesia Personnel Shortfall: Scope and Implications Armin Schubert, MD, MBA, Gifford Eckhout, MD, Todd Cooperider, MD, Alan Kuhel, MD Mayo Clinic Proceedings Volume 76, Issue 10, Pages 995-1010 (October 2001) DOI: 10.4065/76.10.995 Copyright © 2001 Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research Terms and Conditions
Figure 1 Top, American (AMG) and international (IMG) medical school graduates entering US anesthesiology residency programs, 1994–2000. Bottom, Graduates of US anesthesiology residency programs, 1994–2001 (data from Grogono11). Mayo Clinic Proceedings 2001 76, 995-1010DOI: (10.4065/76.10.995) Copyright © 2001 Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research Terms and Conditions
Figure 2 American Board of Anesthesiology certification by year of residency completion. Mayo Clinic Proceedings 2001 76, 995-1010DOI: (10.4065/76.10.995) Copyright © 2001 Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research Terms and Conditions
Figure 3 Recruiting advertisements for 1 or more physician anesthesiologists by month, obtained from the “Positions Available” section of the journal Anesthesiology. Mayo Clinic Proceedings 2001 76, 995-1010DOI: (10.4065/76.10.995) Copyright © 2001 Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research Terms and Conditions
Figure 4 Aging trend of US population (data from Statistical Abstract27). Mayo Clinic Proceedings 2001 76, 995-1010DOI: (10.4065/76.10.995) Copyright © 2001 Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research Terms and Conditions
Figure 5 Number of carotid endarterectomy and spinal fusion procedures in patients older than 65 years (data from National Center for Health Statistics29). Mayo Clinic Proceedings 2001 76, 995-1010DOI: (10.4065/76.10.995) Copyright © 2001 Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research Terms and Conditions
Figure 6 Current and future anesthesiologist shortfall as predicted by our model (see text). Please note that the visual impact of this figure would be more dramatic if the ordinate began at zero and the figure's scale were drawn accordingly. Mayo Clinic Proceedings 2001 76, 995-1010DOI: (10.4065/76.10.995) Copyright © 2001 Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research Terms and Conditions