The Rural Monitor
Articles by Topic: Health workforce supply and demand
March 22, 2023
Since 1974, the Physician Shortage Area Program has recruited and supported medical students from rural backgrounds who want to practice in rural communities.
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February 5, 2020
National Rural Health Association CEO Alan Morgan discusses his organization's work on the national and global stages and shares his rural health predictions for 2020.
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June 27, 2018
With the nation's general surgeons retiring and surgery residents choosing surgical specialties over a general surgery practice, experts are looking close at surgical workforce issues.
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July 30, 2015
Thomas C. Ricketts, Deputy Director of the Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, reflects on how Medicare payments have been used to encourage healthcare providers to practice in underserved communities.
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