Health Workforce Strategies for California: A Review of the Evidence (Infographic)

There are not enough health workers to meet the needs of the large, increasingly diverse, and aging population in California. Current public- and private-sector efforts are not sufficient to alleviate the crisis. Pipeline programs, scholarship programs, loan repayment programs, graduate-level health professional training programs, and residency funding programs have the potential to improve access to health care for Californians, the diversity of the health workforce, and the number of primary care, behavioral health, and dental providers able to provide services in a language other than English (to improve “language concordance”).

This infographic summarizes the full report, Health Workforce Strategies for California: A Review of the Evidence.