Report shows continued physician shortage in rural areas
Credentialing Resource Center Connection, May 8, 2009
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Hard Times in the Heartland a government report released earlier this month, continues to document the physician shortage in rural America, according to a May 6 Health Leaders Media article. The report noted that while urban areas across the country have, on average, 72 physicians per 100,000 populationpeople, rural areas have 55, and small rural areas have only 36.
Although the report can help rural medical staffs develop a big picture view of problems that they may be facingface, it offers little advice for specific problems, such as difficulty finding proctors for OPPE ongoing professional practice evaluation and challenges recruiting new applicants.
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