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Review
. 1989 Feb;23(6):931-74.

Primary health care in rural areas: an agenda for research

G H DeFriese  1 , T C Ricketts
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Primary health care in rural areas: an agenda for research

G H DeFriese et al. Health Serv Res. 1989 Feb.

Abstract

The confluence of forces slowing the growth of the physician supply despite a continued shortage of primary care physicians, the encouragement of competitive medical practices that centralize resources in larger places, and the changing of the rural population's character to one of more dependence on medical care may bring on another "rural health crisis" in the decade ahead.

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