The rural family physician workforce shrank 11% from 2017 to 2023, marking an ongoing shortage in primary care access, according to a study published in November in the Annals of Family Medicine. The authors found an 11% nationwide drop in family physicians in rural areas, with year-over-year declines reported across all regions from 2017 to 2023. The Northeast saw the steepest percentage loss (15.3%), while the West saw the smallest (3.2%).
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Source: https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/workforce/rural-us-loses-1-in-9-family-physicians-in-6-years-study-finds/