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Healthcare Freefall: UNC's New Medical School Aims To Tackle Colorado's Rural Doctor Shortage

Source
Colorado Politics
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Date
Aug 28, 2026
Summary
The University of Northern Colorado's College of Osteopathic Medicine opened in July with its first class of 81 students. The new school will help address the physician shortage in Colorado, where 54 of its 64 counties have Primary Care Health Professional Shortage Areas, and 31.2% of physicians are of retirement age.
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Health workforce education and training · Health workforce supply and demand · Physicians · Primary care · Colorado