Is There a Shortage of Obstetrician-Gynecologists?

The factors affecting the obstetricians-gynecologists workforce planning: A systematic review

“…Of all selected papers, 22 were from the US, 17,24,25,27,28,[31][32][33]36,38,39,[43][44][45][46]49,51,[54][55][56]58,59 5 from Canada, 30,40,52,53,57 4 from Australia, 18,19,26,34 3 from UK, 22,23,48 and 10 from Ireland, Japan, Mexico, Oman, Italy, and Iran. 15,16,20,21,29,35,37,41,42,47,50 A quantitative model had been used in 40 papers to estimate the OB-GYNs requirement, and 5 papers had qualitatively or descriptively investigated the factors affecting the supply and demand of the workforce in this field.…”

“…Of course, these factors are difficult to measure and most studies have addressed them as hypotheses and scenarios. 19,22,23,29,30,36,45,47,48,53,54 Working hours of OB-GYNs or their time allocation between clinical, Incidence and prevalence of breast and reproductive cancers in women [18][19][20]22,24,30,33,40,46,48,52,53,58 Prevalence of other gynecological diseases 20,22,24,28,30,40,46,48,52,53 Women's literacy level 18,24,27,28,30,33,34,46, Household income level 23,24,27,28,30,[32][33][34]46,52,54 socioeconomic factors affecting utilization of services…”

“…The amount and type of women's insurance coverage (affecting economic access) [23][24][25][26]28,32,33,39,46,[54][55][56] Changing the level of women's expectations and expectations of women's health services 18,22,28,29,34,40,45,46,53, Geographical accessibility to outpatient and inpatient centers 23,28,30,46,52,55,56, utilization rate parameters Average waiting time for outpatient and inpatient services 18,19,28,46,48,52 Outpatient visits to gynecologists 15,19,20,[22][23][24][25][26][27]32,33,36,[40][41][42][43]46,48,50,51,53,[55][56][57] Per capita hospitalized services related to gynecology 15,18,20,22,…”

“…Studies discussed the factor available ob-Gyns Number of Ob-Gyns in practice 15,16,42,46,[48][49][50][51][52][53][54][55][56][57][58][59] Geographical distribution of Ob-Gyns 18,20,25,26,[28][29][30]33,35,40,42,45,46,53,54 Demographic status of ob-Gyns (age and sex distribution) [18][19][20][21][22][23][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][34][35][36][38][39][40]45,46,…”

Female Physicians in Maternal–Fetal Medicine: A 32-Year Perspective

“…4 Lifestyle issues in MFM (predominantly outpatient services, less hospital night call, more part-time opportunities) would be particularly appealing to females as demonstrated by general ob-gyns. 5 It is inevitable that some of these young women may plan their childbearing for the period of their fellowship training as well, and fellowship programs will need to make arrangements to accommodate their needs.…”