State Health Workforce Deficit Estimator

Authors: Eric Luo, MPSA, PhD | Clese Erikson, MPA | Candice Chen, MD, MPH | Drishti Pillai, MPH | Nicholas Chong, MPH | Emily Bass, BA | Patricia Pittman, PhD

Topics: Data Visualization, Health Workforce Models and Projections, Workforce Demand

Research Center: GW Health Workforce Research Center

April 28, 2020

The Health Workforce Deficit Estimator is an online tool to help state and federal planners consider different strategic approaches to ensure sufficient heath workforce for COVID-19. Built off the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation demand model, the tool currently shows deficits in supply for respiratory therapists, intensivists, hospitalists, and critical care nurses in certain states, under different staffing and attrition scenarios.

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