The Physician Shortage Crisis in Rural America
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
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Published: 2007
Total Pages: 152
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
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Published: 2007
Total Pages: 152
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Howard K. Rabinowitz
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2011-06-28
Total Pages: 271
ISBN-13: 1441988998
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →-An excellent resource for pre-med students and medical school advisors. -Possible adoptions for courses in Medical Humanities (pre-med undergraduate and medical school/graduate, first two years) and Family Practice Clerkship (medical school/graduate) -In-depth profiles reveal the everyday reality of the shortage through poignant stories and candid dialogue. -The foreword is written by Dr. Robert Taylor (Family Medicine; Fundamentals of Family Medicine)
Author: Council on Graduate Medical Education (U.S.)
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Published: 1998
Total Pages: 74
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: John P. Geyman
Publisher: John Geyman, M.D.
Published: 2011
Total Pages: 252
ISBN-13: 0983773408
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Our market-based, profit-driven health care system in the United States has put necessary care increasingly beyond the reach of ordinary Americans. Primary health care, the fundamental foundation of all high-performing health care systems in the world, is a critical but ignored casualty of the current system. Unfortunately, primary care is often poorly understood, even within the health professions. This book describes what has become a crisis in primary care, defines its central role, analyzes the reasons for its decline, and assesses its impacts on patients and families. A constructive approach is presented to rebuild and transform U.S. primary care with the urgent goal to address the nation's problems of access, cost, quality and equity of health care for all Americans.
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Published: 1990
Total Pages: 548
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Health needs and health services in rural America are key issues directly related to education as well as community well-being. This report examines rural America's access to basic health care services and discusses options for congressional consideration. The focus is on trends in availability of primary and acute rural health care and on factors affecting those trends. The report describes the characteristics of rural populations and health programs, the availability of rural health services and personnel, and delivery of rural maternal and infant health and mental health care services. On each subject, options for congressional action are examined. The federal government currently finances several different types of rural health care programs, and has a strong interest in health care trends. Major declines in inpatient utilization, compounded by increasing amounts of uncompensated care, have undermined the financial health of many rural hospitals, which also are faced with the outmigration of rural residents to urban areas for care. Policy reform options are presented in regard to: (1) improvement of rural health facilities; (2) availability and training of health professionals in rural areas; and (3) enhancing maternal and infant care programs and mental health care programs in rural areas. This document contains numerous charts, graphics, data tables, and appendices that present background information about the study. It also includes a 745-item bibliography and a subject index.
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Special Committee on Aging
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Published: 1992
Total Pages: 172
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This document represents proceedings of a workshop before the Senate Special Committee on Aging. The workshop focused on the severe shortage of health professionals in the rural health care system. Opening remarks by Portia Mittelman, Staff Director of the Special Committee on Aging and Jeffrey Human, Director of the Office of Rural Health Policy provide an overview of the problems and issues associated with delivery of rural health care services, including shortage of rural medical professionals, recruiting and training of medical students who will work in rural areas, and the existing programs focusing on rural health service delivery. The first panel of the workshop, with four speakers representing leaders in rural health care, examined national policies regarding the education of health professionals and the barriers to improvements. The panel emphasized personal sacrifices of rural health professionals, the need for professional support, medical students specialty choices, financial support for family medicine programs and primary care services, and improvement of rural manpower distribution. The second panel, consisting of five speakers, presented information on specific exemplary model programs that link medical education and training to rural areas. The appendix includes information about educational and community programs that address the health care needs of rural areas, articles addressing medical education reform, and written testimonies from various sources. (LP)
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Labor and Public Welfare. Subcommittee on Health
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Published: 1975
Total Pages: 1242
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: World Health Organization
Publisher: World Health Organization
Published: 2010
Total Pages: 79
ISBN-13: 9241564016
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Accompanying CD-Rom has same title as book.
Author: Thomas C. Ricketts
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 1999-10-07
Total Pages: 233
ISBN-13: 0199759723
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Many of the 61 million people who live in rural America have limited access to health care. Almost a quarter of the nation's population lives in rural places yet only an eighth of our doctors work there. Sponsored by the U.S. Office of Rural Health Policy, this unique book provides the facts about this imbalance and interprets them in the context of government programs that promote the placement of doctors and the operation of hospitals in rural places while paying them less to treat Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries. The authors' comprehensive analysis of rural health care delivery shows where there are differences in rates of death and disease between rural areas using maps, graphs, and plain-English descriptions. The book provides a thorough look at health care in rural America, giving a snapshot of how doctors, hospitals, and technology are unevenly distributed outside the nation's metropolitan areas.