Clinicians by Program | March 30, 2009* | February 28, 2011* | Increase in Numbers (%) |
---|---|---|---|
Loan Repayment Program | |||
Primary care total | 1449 (58.6) | 4095 (57.0) | 183 |
Physicians | 774 (31.3) | 1660 (23.1) | 114 |
Nurse practitioners | 258 (10.4) | 1205 (16.8) | 367 |
Physician assistants | 353 (14.3) | 1054 (14.7) | 199 |
Nurse midwives | 64 (2.6) | 176 (2.4) | 175 |
Dental total | 341 (13.8) | 975 (13.6) | 186 |
Dentists | 310 (12.5) | 808 (11.2) | 161 |
Dental hygienists | 31 (1.3) | 167 (2.3) | 439 |
Mental health total | 684 (27.6) | 2117 (29.4) | 210 |
Clinical psychologists | 329 (13.3) | 752 (10.5) | 129 |
Clinical social workers | 177 (7.2) | 620 (8.6) | 250 |
Licensed professional counselors | 130 (5.3) | 636 (8.8) | 389 |
Marriage and family therapists | 39 (1.6) | 93 (1.3) | 138 |
Psychiatric nurse specialists | 9 (0.4) | 16 (0.2) | 78 |
Loan Repayment Program total | 2474 (100) | 7187 (100) | 191 |
Scholarship Program | |||
Primary Care Total | 479 (88.2) | 449 (85.4) | −6 |
Physicians | 391 (72.0) | 396 (75.3) | 1 |
Nurse practitioners | 47 (8.7) | 28 (5.3) | −40 |
Physician assistants | 29 (5.3) | 17 (3.2) | −41 |
Nurse midwives | 12 (2.2) | 8 (1.5) | −33 |
Dental total | 64 (11.8) | 77 (14.6) | 20 |
Dentists | 64 (11.8) | 77 (14.6) | 20 |
Scholarship Program total | 543 (100) | 526 (100) | −3 |
Combined/total NHSC workforce (n) | 3017 | 7713 | 156 |
Data from the US Bureau of Clinician Recruitment and Service's Management Information System Solution.
↵* Data provided as n (% of total in program).