Frederick Chen, MD, MPH

Completed Projects - (3)

Future of Family Medicine and Implications for Primary Care Physician Supply
This project describes recent trends in medical student interest and national match rates in primary care and family medicine, the effect of increasing proportions of female physicians on rural practice patterns, and implications of declining interest in primary care on health and the health workforce.
Research center: WWAMI Rural Health Research Center
Topics: Physicians, Workforce
Rural Family Medicine Residency Training Survey: Follow-up to 2000 Survey
National survey of family medicine residency training programs to quantify the amount and location of rural training. The survey also identified training that occurs in federally-qualified health centers.
Research center: WWAMI Rural Health Research Center
Topics: Physicians, Workforce
Which Training Programs Produce Rural Physicians? A National Health Workforce Study
This national study is using comprehensive, longitudinal data on medical schools and residency location to determine the extent to which the nation's medical schools and residency programs vary in their production of rural physicians by specialty.
Research center: WWAMI Rural Health Research Center
Topics: Physicians, Workforce

The Future of Family Medicine and Implications for Rural Primary Care Physician Supply (Final Report)
WWAMI Rural Health Research Center
Date: 08/2010
This report examines the rural physician shortage, the effect of recent trends in specialty choice on provider supply, and major trends that are changing the dynamics that shape the delivery of healthcare.
Family Medicine Residency Training in Rural Locations (Final Report)
WWAMI Rural Health Research Center
Date: 07/2010
This survey of family medicine residency programs found 33 rural programs accounted for more than 80% of family medicine training in rural sites. Expansion of rural family medicine training is limited by Medicare graduate medical education funding caps, financial hardships facing rural hospitals, and the challenges of creating programs.

The U.S. Rural Physician Workforce: Analysis of Medical School Graduates From 1988-1997
Policy Brief
WWAMI Rural Health Research Center
Date: 10/2008
Despite continued federal and state efforts to increase the number of physicians in rural areas, disparities between the supply of rural and urban physicians persist. This paper describes the training of the rural physician workforce in the United States and examines the variations in medical school and residency production of rural physicians.
The U.S. Rural Physician Workforce: Analysis of Medical School Graduates From 1988-1997 (Final Report)
WWAMI Rural Health Research Center
Date: 10/2008
This paper describes the training of the rural physician workforce in the United States and examines the variations in medical school and residency production of rural physicians.

2005 Physician Supply and Distribution in Rural Areas of the United States (Full Report)
WWAMI Rural Health Research Center
Date: 11/2007
This study describes the 2005 supply and distribution of physicians (including osteopathic physicians and international medical graduates), with particular emphasis on generalists in rural areas.
2005 Physician Supply and Distribution in Rural Areas of the United States (Project Summary)
WWAMI Rural Health Research Center
Date: 11/2007
This summary describes the 2005 supply and distribution of physicians (including osteopathic physicians and international medical graduates), with particular emphasis on generalists in rural areas.

Pathways to Rural Practice: A Chartbook of Family Medicine Residency Training Locations and Characteristics
WWAMI Rural Health Research Center
Date: 08/2005
This chartbook discusses the characteristics and geography of family medicine residency programs' rural locations, types of rural family medicine training by location, and rural mission of family medicine residencies.
WWAMI Physician Workforce 2005
WWAMI Rural Health Research Center
Date: 05/2005
This report responds to a request by the University of Washington School of Medicine Primary Care Steering Committee to examine the current supply and distribution of physicians in the WWAMI region.

Accounting for Graduate Medical Education Funding in Family Practice Training
Journal Article
WWAMI Rural Health Research Center
Date: 10/2002
Medicare provides the majority of funding to support graduate medical education (GME). Following the flow of these funds from hospitals to training programs is an important step in accounting for GME funding.
Family Medicine Residency Training in Rural Areas: How Much Is Taking Place, and Is It Enough to Prepare a Future Generation of Rural Family Physicians?
WWAMI Rural Health Research Center
Date: 03/2002
This paper examines how much rural family practice training is taking place in the United States. The report concludes that to the extent that there is a link between the place of training and future practice, the lack of rural training contributes to the shortage of rural physicians.