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Rural Family Physicians Have a Broader Scope of Practice than Urban Family Physicians

Description
Results of a study to determine differences between rural and urban family physicians in scope of practice for clinical and procedural care in 2014 and 2015. Features statistics including physician characteristics and percentages of physicians providing various types of services and care, with breakdowns by metropolitan, large rural, small rural, and frontier areas.
Author(s)
Lars E. Peterson, Bo Fang
Date
02/2018
Type
Document
Organization
Rural and Underserved Health Research Center
Tagged as
Frontier and remote areas · Physicians · Rural-urban differences · Scope of practice · Statistics and data

Organizations (1)

  • Rural and Underserved Health Research Center, view details