Michigan Primary Care Workforce Fast Facts

By 2030America will have a

permanently smallerlabor force

Can we balance health

care provider supply

and demand?

Fast Fact: We’re Getting

Older

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Prepared for Michigan Department of Transportation

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Percent of Michigan Population

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1 in 4Michigan residents

will be older than

65 by 2020

Fast Fact: Michigan is expanding

access to care

439,975 new Medicaid

beneficiaries

272,537

Exchange Consumers

We Know: More People Will Need

Care

An older and sicker population,

combined with increased access to

insurance accelerates demand for

health care services

Fast Fact: Michigan is testing its

care capacity

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FISHINGProviders of all

types are quickly

approaching

retirement age

1 in 4 Nurses Plan to Retire in 10 years

30% of Doctors are Older than 50

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Nearing Capacity of Current Providers

Percent of physicians reporting number of new

patients they can accept

Source: 2012 MDCH Survey

We Know: We’re Getting Maxed Out

Just as more people need care, current

providers are at capacity, and are just

starting to retire

We need to pick the right workforce tools

to solve the right problems

Right people, right place, right time

Match Skills to Complexity of Care Needs

Source: Ani Turner, Altarum Institute

Solution: Innovate With MHC

The Michigan Health Council is

advancing solutions like team-based

care, increased clinical education

efficiency, and collective impact on

social determinants of health

mhc.org