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Report: Emergency Physician Shortages Worsening in Rural America

from HealthLeaders Media

Report: Emergency Physician Shortages Worsening in Rural America HealthLeaders Media Large swaths of rural America are enduring shortages of emergency physicians, and the problem is expected to worsen as a generation of rural doctors retires with no one to replace them, a new emergency medicine workforce analysis has found. "The number of emergency physicians is increasing but there is a clear unmet need for emergency physicians in rural areas," said Christopher Bennett, MD, MA, assistant professor of emergency medicine at Stanford University School of Medicine and lead study author. READ MORE

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