Rural

"In rural or poor places like Mississippi the number of doctors per person is among the lowest in the country."

"Rural health providers across the nation will receive more than $10.4 million to provide direct health care services to their communities.  The funding announced today by HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius will be used to meet a broad range of health care needs in rural areas, from health promotion and disease prevention to expanding oral and mental health services."

"The county by county health rankings for 2012 have been released. In Northeast Tennessee, Washington County ranked the highest out of area counties with a ranking of 31. Johnson County ranked the lowest of the seven counties in our region at 66th. In Southwest Virginia, Washington County ranked the highest at 86th out of 131 counties and cities rated in the survey."

"Physicians practicing in Appalachia as of June 2009 were largely graduates of MD- or DO-granting medical schools in or near the region."

"Data for 1,600 graduates over 30 years show that rural program graduates are ten times likelier to practice rural medicine than IMGs, making such programs optimal solutions to rural physician shortages."

"Using data from the 2010 American Medical Association Physician Masterfile, the authors identified all 1,757 graduates from three RPs (Jefferson Medical College's Physician Shortage Area Program; University of Minnesota Medical School Duluth; University of Illinois College of Medicine at Rockford's Rural Medical Education Program) practicing in their respective states, and all 6,474 IMGs practicing in the same states and graduating the same years. The relative likelihoods of RP graduates versus IMGs practicing rural family medicine and rural primary care were compared."

"Although the Oregon AFP has always stressed the importance of supporting and strengthening the state's rural primary care workforce, that message frequently has been lost in a state that is dominated by large urban areas, such as Portland, Salem, Eugene and Medford."

"A relatively obscure observance no doubt passed unnoticed by most Georgians, especially those who didn’t read the Macon Telegraph. For all who missed it -- and that’s probably most of us -- Thursday was Rural Health Day in Georgia."

"The MSU College of Human Medicine is increasing efforts to recruit students from medically underserved areas with the addition of Alma College to its group of Michigan university partners in the early assurance program for admissions."

"Convincing a medical student, sometimes tens of thousands of dollars in debt, to take a lower-paying job or move to a low-income, rural community can be a tough sell. So perhaps it’s not surprising that many new physicians gravitate toward high-paying specialties or urban sprawls with modern-day conveniences."