Representation of Providers on Health Planning Boards

PL 93-641, The National Health Planning and Resources Development Act of 1974, called for broad representation of health care providers, in addition to consumers, on Health Systems Agency (HSA) governing boards. Analysis of data submitted to the U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare by t...

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Published in:International journal of health services 1981-01, Vol.11 (4), p.573-581
Main Authors: Checkoway, Barry, O'Rourke, Thomas, Macrina, David M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Administrative Personnel
Board/Boards
Female
Governing Board - organization & administration
Health Occupations
Health Planning
Health Systems Agencies - organization & administration
Health/Healthy
Humans
Male
Occupations
Plan/Plans/Planning/Planned/ Planners
Representation/Representative/ Representativeness
Sex Factors
United States
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Summary:PL 93-641, The National Health Planning and Resources Development Act of 1974, called for broad representation of health care providers, in addition to consumers, on Health Systems Agency (HSA) governing boards. Analysis of data submitted to the U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare by the HSAs indicates that HSA provider board members are not representative of the overall provider work force or general population. Direct providers outnumber indirect providers by roughly seven to one. Physicians and hospital-nursing administrators are overrepresented, and nurses and other provider groups underrepresented, in relation to their numbers in the work force. Evidence also shows that HSA provider board members are mostly white males, although nonwhites and females are significantly represented in the work force and population.
ISSN:0020-7314
1541-4469
DOI:10.2190/HDYQ-XKTM-EB9F-9W5L