- Physician numbers are on the rise, though Nevada still well below the national average (thenevadaindependent.com)Physician Workforce in Nevada 2018 Edition (med.unr.edu)
The report, released by the school’s Office of Statewide Initiatives last week, found that the state has added 1,789 physicians over the last decade, a 31.7 percent increase, but because of population growth, the number of physicians per 100,000 Nevadans only grew by about 10 percent. And, when accounting for roughly 50 percent growth in the number of licensed but inactive physicians — meaning those who are retired, semi-retired, temporarily not in practice or otherwise not active — there was actually only a 1.7 percent increase in active physicians over the last decade...“treading water effect”...“There’s so much demand for health care in general so it’s part of a broader workforce problem in that they’re struggling with nurses now, struggling in mental and behavioral health,”...“You throw on top of that population growth, it makes it very difficult.”
