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The Crisis in Rural Primary Care

Description
Describes issues facing primary healthcare in rural America including: a declining number of students choosing this career path, low compensation rates, rising malpractice premiums, professional isolation, limited time off, and the scarcity of jobs for spouses.
Date
04/2009
Type
Document
Organization
WWAMI Rural Health Research Center
Tagged as
Health workforce supply and demand · Physicians · Primary care · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data

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