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Running the Numbers: The Maldistribution of Health Care Providers in Rural and Underserved Areas in North Carolina

Description
Discusses the maldistribution of health care professionals related to population needs in rural North Carolina. Highlights physician workforce shortages in primary care, general surgery, psychiatry, licensed nurse practitioners, and physician assistants.
Author(s)
Julie C. Spero, Erin P. Fraher
Citation
North Carolina Medical Journal, 75(1), 74-79
Date
01/2014
Type
Document
Tagged as
Behavioral health workforce · County-by-county data · Health workforce supply and demand · Nurse practitioners and other advanced practice registered nurses · Physician assistants · Physicians · Primary care · Surgery · North Carolina