New Analysis Reveals Worsening Shortage of Emergency Physicians in Rural Areas

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-08/acoe-nar081220.php

 

 

News Release 12-Aug-2020
American College of Emergency Physicians

 

 

Despite the nation's growing reliance on emergency departments, large areas of rural America are experiencing shortages emergency physicians, according to a new emergency medicine workforce analysis in Annals of Emergency Medicine.

"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. "Policymakers and health leaders should prioritize opportunities to make sure that emergency departments across the country are led by appropriately trained and certified emergency physicians."


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