The Center for Health Workforce Studies at the School of Public Health, University at Albany, State University of New York, has released a report that quantifies the contribution of New York State's graduate medical education (GME) programs to the delivery of primary care in underserved areas of the State. According to the report, 77% of the primary care physicians practicing in New York State's health professional shortage areas (HPSAs) did residency training in the State. This finding demonstrates that the State's GME system is an important feeder for those sections of New York that are most in need of primary care physicians. 

As part of this analysis, the Center also focused in-depth on Erie and Bronx counties. In Erie County, more than three-fourths of the primary care physicians practicing in HPSAs had completed GME in New York State. In the Bronx HPSAs, more than 80% of the primary care physicians had completed GME training in New York State. 

The preparation of the report, The Contribution of New York Graduate Medical Education to Primary Care in HPSAs, was supported by GNYHA to help inform the policy discussions regarding the important role of New York State's GME system.