Brandt-Rauf P W, Teichman R F
Occupational Medicine Program, Columbia University School of Public Health, New York, NY 10032.
J Occup Med. 1988 Dec;30(12):928-33. doi: 10.1097/00043764-198812000-00009.
The provision of occupational health services by multispecialty group medical practices and health maintenance organizations has received relatively little attention to date. To address this issue, a mail questionnaire survey of a random sample of these organizations around the country was conducted. Particular attention was focused on the current use of and future need for occupational medicine physicians and occupational health nurses in these settings. Results from the sample respondents indicate that these sites are playing a significant and increasing role in the provision of occupational health services with a projected approximate three-fold increase in the number of positions for occupational health professionals in these settings over the next decade. Assuming that these results are reflective of the situation nationwide, it is unlikely that the demand for these professionals will be met by current levels of graduate training.
多专科医疗集团和健康维护组织提供职业健康服务的情况，迄今为止相对较少受到关注。为解决这一问题，我们对全国范围内这些组织的随机样本进行了邮件问卷调查。特别关注了这些机构中职业医学医师和职业健康护士的当前使用情况以及未来需求。样本受访者的结果表明，这些机构在提供职业健康服务方面发挥着重要且日益增加的作用，预计在未来十年内，这些机构中职业健康专业人员的职位数量将增加约三倍。假设这些结果反映了全国的情况，那么目前的研究生培养水平不太可能满足对这些专业人员的需求。
