Updated Findings from a Help Wanted Index of Job Advertisements and an Analysis of the Policy Implications: Is the Job-Market Shortage for Diagnostic Radiologists Stabilizing?

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OBJECTIVE. The goal of our study is to present the most recent data on the diagnostic radiology job market in the United States using a help wanted index of job advertisements.MATERIALS AND METHODS. All diagnostic radiology jobs advertised in the American Journal of Roentgenology and Radiology between January 2000 and December 2001 were coded by practice type, geographic location, and subspecialty and were compared with the previously published results from 1991 through 1999.RESULTS. From January 1999 through December 2001, 15,205 positions were advertised for diagnostic radiologists, representing a 284% average per-month increase as compared with the previous 4-year period. The 12-month rolling average of job advertisements peaked in June 2001 at 476 and has since stabilized. Thirty-six percent of positions advertised were academic, identical to the proportion found from 1995 to 1998. A statistically significant relative increase in jobs advertised was noted in the Midwest, and relative decreases were se...