The Aging of the Primary Care Physician Workforce: Are Rural Locations Vulnerable?
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Description
Describes the rural areas of the U.S. where impending retirement threatens access to primary care, and offers potential solutions to the problem. Includes a map showing the percent of near-retirement primary care providers in nonmetropolitan areas by state.
Date
06/2009
Type
Document
Organization
WWAMI Rural Health Research Center
Tagged as
Health workforce supply and demand · Physicians · Primary care · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data