David I Auerbach1, Peter I Buerhaus2, Douglas O Staiger3. 1. Center for Interdisciplinary Health Workforce Studies, College of Nursing, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT. Electronic address: davea@alum.mit.edu. 2. Center for Interdisciplinary Health Workforce Studies, College of Nursing, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT. 3. Department of Economics, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH; National Bureau of Economic Research, Cambridge, MA.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: After an unprecedented increase in nursing school enrollment and graduates in the past 10 years, projected shortages of nurses have been erased at a national level. However, nursing markets are local, and an uneven distribution of health care providers of all types is a longstanding feature of health care in the United States. PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to understand how the outlook for future registered nurse (RN) supply varies regionally across the United States. METHODS: We apply our nursing supply model to the nine U.S. Census Divisions to produce separate supply forecasts for each region. DISCUSSION: We find dramatic differences in expected future growth of the nursing workforce across U.S. regions. These range from zero expected growth in the number of RNs per capita in New England and in the Pacific regions between 2015 and 2030 to 40% growth in the East South Central region (Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee, Kentucky) and in the West South Central region (Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana). CONCLUSION: Assuming growth in the demand for RNs per population, some regions of the United States are expected to face shortfalls in their nursing workforce if recent trends do not change.
BACKGROUND: After an unprecedented increase in nursing school enrollment and graduates in the past 10 years, projected shortages of nurses have been erased at a national level. However, nursing markets are local, and an uneven distribution of health care providers of all types is a longstanding feature of health care in the United States. PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to understand how the outlook for future registered nurse (RN) supply varies regionally across the United States. METHODS: We apply our nursing supply model to the nine U.S. Census Divisions to produce separate supply forecasts for each region. DISCUSSION: We find dramatic differences in expected future growth of the nursing workforce across U.S. regions. These range from zero expected growth in the number of RNs per capita in New England and in the Pacific regions between 2015 and 2030 to 40% growth in the East South Central region (Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee, Kentucky) and in the West South Central region (Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana). CONCLUSION: Assuming growth in the demand for RNs per population, some regions of the United States are expected to face shortfalls in their nursing workforce if recent trends do not change.
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