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ArticleArchives of clinical and medical case reports2026

Post-Pandemic Evaluation of Emergency Medicine Workforce Stability.

Fihr Chaudhary, Devendra K Agrawal

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Article in Archives of clinical and medical case reports, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Fihr ChaudharyDepartment of Translational Research, College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific, Western University of Health Sciences, Pomona CA 91766, USA.
Devendra K AgrawalDepartment of Translational Research, College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific, Western University of Health Sciences, Pomona CA 91766, USA.

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Research Education Program to Promote Diversity in Immunologic and Allergic DiseasesR25AI179582 · NIAID · WESTERN UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES · PI Devendra K. Agrawal · 2025 to 2026
$756k
NIAID NIH HHS R25 AI179582
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Physician workforce projections in emergency medicine were developed in the year 2020 based on the assumptions and baseline data during the unprecedented disruption in healthcare delivery due to COVID-19 pandemic. However, the fundamental assumptions in this project might not be realistic in the post COVID-19 era. In this article, the accuracy of 2020 emergency medicine workforce oversupply projection was critically evaluated and comprehensively reassessed considering post COVID-19 data. The findings support the underestimation of the demand and exaggeration of projected physician surplus. The post-pandemic trends suggest a more fragile emergency medicine workforce marked by sustained attrition and vulnerability to stressors. A stable or modest increase in the demand for emergency physicians between the years 2030 and 2040 is projected. The findings suggest that clinical workload per physician is likely to increase due to the emergency care of aging population, delayed presentations of acute and chronic diseases, and increased boarding and throughput challenges. Accordingly future workforce projections must incorporate updated attrition estimates and account for structural shifts in emergency care delivery. This would require maintaining or expanding demand for emergency physicians in next decade and beyond.

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COVID-19Emergency departmentEmergency medicinePhysiciansWorkforce stability

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PMID42125448
PMCPMC13160278

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