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March 6, 2013 | Human Capital Blog Post
When insurance coverage expands under health reform next year, dramatically increasing demand for primary care services, approximately 51 million Americans will be living in primary care shortage areas.
January 15, 2013 | Human Capital Blog Post
Two newly published studies examining different aspects of physician workforce trends suggest that the long-expected shortfall in primary care physicians could be averted or lessened.
August 14, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
Last week, NPR aired a story examining the prognosis for primary care providers in the United States. The country will have tens of thousands fewer health care providers than it needs to care for its the population by 2015, and the shortage is expec ...
March 5, 2012 | News Release
Goal is to Identify, Share Workforce Practices that Make Primary Care Accessible and Effective for More Patients.
March 1, 2000 | Program Result Report
The State of New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services enhanced its efforts to recruit and retain primary care providers in underserved areas.
February 28, 2001 | Program Result Report
Investigators from the University of Wisconsin-Madison Medical School examined changes in the availability of physicians in U.S. urban areas from 1980 to 1997.
March 1, 2000 | Program Result Report
The Commonwealth of Virginia created a Center for Primary Care and Rural Health in the Virginia Department of Health as a central entity to coordinate public and private recruitment and retention activities.
March 1, 2000 | Program Result Report
Pennsylvania's Practice Sights program goals included improving recruitment and retention efforts, encouraging greater use of mid-level providers, and establishing new practice sites in underserved areas.
March 1, 2000 | Program Result Report
Arizona sought to develop a community needs assessment and strategic planning process. Under the planning grant to its Department of Health Services, it launched pilot projects from 1993 to 1995 to test this approach in three communities.
March 1, 2000 | Program Result Report
The University of Kentucky's Center for Rural Health established an on-call community assistance program that provides direct services and local training in two dozen counties that were working on recruitment and retention issues.