Policy priorities for rural physician supply

The adequacy of physician supply in small rural counties.

Physician recruitment strategies for rural hospitals.

How can rural hospitals continue to attract physicians to their facilities? For most rural hospitals, the number of dollars they spend in medical education equates to the number of physicians they are able to retain on staff. What will be the cost to the consumer versus the physicians if the shortage is not addressed and corrected?

The Effect of Physician Supply on Rural Community Health: 1980-1988

This paper investigates the effect of physicians on community health of rural area. OLS models and fixed effect panel models are estimated using data at county level from 1980 to 1988. Ordinary least square results replicate the qualitative findings of previous work, but fixed effect models indicate a negative relationship between physicians and community health. Explanations have been made fro...

Rural Water Supply Network

The Rural Emergency Physician Workforce

One of the primary challenges of rural emergency medicine (EM) is assembling an appropriate workforce to meet the needs of individual communities. Because rural emergency departments (EDs) vary greatly in patient volume, geographic isolation and acuity, finding the best mix of ED clinicians and sub-specialists for the individual site can be difficult. This task requires understanding current st...