Open AccessThe increasing supply of physicians in US urban and rural areas, 1975 to 1988.
Author(s) -
Paul D. Frenzen
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.81.9.1141
Subject(s) - physician supply , metropolitan area , rural area , medicine , typology , socioeconomics , business , geography , environmental health , family medicine , population , archaeology , pathology , sociology
Despite the rapid growth of the US physician supply since the mid-1970s, it remains unclear whether physicians have spread into the most rural areas of the country. This report examines the urban-rural distribution of physicians between 1975 and 1988.