By the numbers Doeksen
outpatient only
Multiplier used per rural doctor per year $343,706
total rural MN physician years from RPAP grads 2050
Jobs provided is the number of doctors x 17 jobs per doctor 4590
Economic impact/yr x $343,706 or other multiplier 704597300
29760000
Student impact (n=40/yr), stipend $ to towns (40 x $15,000 x 1.6 multip x 31 yr)
Recruit/orient saved (2 docs per year x 28 yr x 200,000) 12600000
Student service delivery ($40,000 per student x 40 per yr x 1.6 multip x 31yrs)79360000
826317300
Total economic impact of RPAP including up to 1998 RPAP group $826 million
References Doeksen and Miller Each rural physician ge
Note 1 Avg 15k spent by RPAP in a year x 1.6 (recirculation multiplier) x 28 yrs grads
Note 2 It takes some 30-50 k to recruit and 100 - 200k to invest before rural doc productive
2 doctors per year go back to the small town where they did RPAP, a major savings
figures not bad compared to Buchbinder study figures by AHQR report noting $225,000 lost w
Note 3 Verby estimated $40 - 70,000 extra in revenues for practices with RPAP student compared to
A conservative number of $40,000 was used
Oklahoma Manpower U of MN
Hosp +_practice, NH, pharm out and inpt
$954,000 1 million
2050 2050
jobs 4590 4590 jobs
1955700000 2.05E+09
note 1 29760000 29760000
note 2 12600000 12600000
note 3 79360000 79360000
2077420000 2.172E+09
total impact $2.1 billion $2.2 billion
25+ Years Oklahoma Physician Manpower Physicians Make Good Econom
University of Minnesota
sen and Miller Each rural physician generates $343,706 worth of income and 17.8 jobs. RuralTraining Commission from Cen
multiplier) x 28 yrs grads
st before rural doc productive
y did RPAP, a major savings
by AHQR report noting $225,000 lost with each PC turnover
ctices with RPAP student compared to the same practices in a year without an RPAP student
Merritt Hawkins Kentucky Center for Rural Health
Outpt + inpt primary care Including Inpatient
1.54 million 2 million
2050 2050
4590 4590
3157000000 4.1E+09
29760000 29760000
12600000 12600000
79360000 79360000
3278720000 4.22E+09
$3.3 billion $4.2 billion
Kentucky Center for Rural Health
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