The Affordable Care Act, State Policies and Demand for Primary Care Physicians

8 Pages Posted: 21 Apr 2016

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Marco Huesch

Duke University - School of Medicine; Duke University - Fuqua School of Business

Truls Ostbye

Duke

J. Michener

Duke

Date Written: April 20, 2016

Abstract

The Affordable Care Act is designed to increase healthcare access nationwide. Such foreseeable new demand in the face of a fixed supply of physicians could lead to greater, and/or more intensive, recruitment of primary care physicians. We analyzed all primary care advertisements on three important national physician recruitment websites by ‘scraping’ all content on two days one year apart and parsed the content using text analytic tools. We expected greater increases in recruitment activity in those states expanding Medicaid and which partnered with the federal government to construct insurance exchanges. Contrary to hypothesis, physician labor markets did not consistently respond to foreseeable increases in patient demand by increased recruitment activities.

Suggested Citation

Huesch, Marco and Ostbye, Truls and Michener, J., The Affordable Care Act, State Policies and Demand for Primary Care Physicians (April 20, 2016). CESR-Schaeffer Working Paper No: 2016-010, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2767876 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2767876

Marco Huesch (Contact Author)

Duke University - School of Medicine

United States

Duke University - Fuqua School of Business

Box 90120
Durham, NC 27708-0120
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Truls Ostbye

Duke ( email )

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Box 90519
Durham, NC 27710
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J. Michener

Duke ( email )

United States

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