VCOM 2022 Annual Report

Home Locations VCOM-Louisiana Classes 2024-2026

Louisiana Campus Home Location Analysis

88% 92% Come from a Medically Underserved Area including Primary Care Health Professions Shortage Areas (PC HPSA) VCOM-LC Students from Louisiana 53% 80% Come from a Medically Underserved Area including Primary Care Health Professions Shortage Areas (PC HPSA) VCOM-LC Students from FL, GA, MS Come from a Rural Area (population under 30,000) Come from a Rural Area (population under 30,000)

VCOM-Louisiana Louisiana Campus Home Locations

Data Analysis performed by the National Center for the Analysis of Healthcare Data, October 2022

Louisiana Physician Shortage and Community Impact:  Over 60% of VCOM graduates practice in rural or medically underserved counties or parishes.  Ouachita Parish is currently designated as a Health Professional Shortage Area by the National Health Service Corps, as are the surrounding parishes.

 According to the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC), the U.S. could see an estimated shortage of up to 124,000 physicians by 2034, including shortfalls in primary care.  According to the National Center for Rural Health Works in 2016, a rural primary care physician practicing in a community with a local hospital creates 26.3 local jobs and nearly $1.4 million in income.

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