Some of the conditions identified by the California Future Health Workforce Commission:

    • By 2030, California will face a shortfall of 4,100 primary care clinicians and 600,000 homecare workers, and have only 2⁄3 of the psychiatrists it needs
    • 7 million Californians live in Health Professional Shortage Areas, the majority of them Latino, African American, and Native American
    • Latinos make up 39% of California’s population and comprise 7% of its physicians
    • Only 3% of medical students nationwide come from families with incomes in the lowest 20%
    • More than 1⁄3 of California’s physicians and nurse practitioners are expected to retire or reduce hours in the next decade
    • Up to an estimated 75% of primary care services could be provided by NPs and PAs
    • Approximately 25% of all people seen in primary care have diagnosable mental disorders
    • PCPs provide over half of all U.S. mental health treatment
    • 2⁄3 of California adults with a mental illness don’t receive treatment
    • 1 in 5 Californians will be 65 or over by 2030
    • 76% of older adults prefer to age in place
    • Less than 5% of the health professions workforce is certified in geriatrics

Some ways UC Davis is helping

    • 49% of first-year medical students and more than 25 percent of nursing graduate students come from underserved populations
    • In the more than 45 years of UC Davis programs, roughly 70% of graduates work in primary care
    • Both UC Davis health schools have programs that prepare providers to practice in underserved areas