Primary health care in rural areas: an agenda for research.

作者：Gordon H. DeFriese, Thomas C. Ricketts · 发表于：PubMed · 年份：1989 · 被引用次数：39 · 研究领域：Primary Care and Health Outcomes、Global Health Workforce Issues、Healthcare Policy and Management

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.