Retention of Primary Care Physicians in Rural Health Professional Shortage Areas

Retention of J-1 visa waiver program physicians in Washington State's health professional shortage areas.

PURPOSE To determine whether the Conrad Program, which allows states to recruit 30 foreign-trained physicians per year to work in underserved settings, is meeting its goal of increasing the number of physicians in Washington State's underserved areas. Participating physicians have completed their residency training in, and want to continue residing in, the United States. METHOD The authors id...

An analysis of Medicare's Incentive Payment program for physicians in health professional shortage areas.

CONTEXT Medicare's Incentive Payment (MIP) program provides a 10% bonus payment to providers who treat Medicare patients in rural and urban areas where there is a shortage of generalist physicians. PURPOSE To examine the experience of Alaska, Idaho, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Washington with the MIP program. We determined the program's utilization and which types of physicians receiv...

Referral Patterns and Training Needs in Psychiatry among Primary Care Physicians in Canadian Rural/Remote Areas.

OBJECTIVES This study examined the referral patterns of rural/remote primary care physicians (PCPs) as well as their needs and interests for further training in child/adolescent mental health. METHODS Surveys were mailed to Canadian rural/remote PCPs requesting participants' demographic information, training and qualifications, referral patterns, and identification of needs and interests for ...

Critical factors for designing programs to increase the supply and retention of rural primary care physicians.

CONTEXT The Physician Shortage Area Program (PSAP) of Jefferson Medical College (Philadelphia, Pa) is one of a small number of medical school programs that addresses the shortage of rural primary care physicians. However, little is known regarding why these programs work. OBJECTIVES To identify factors independently predictive of rural primary care supply and retention and to determine which ...

Health care reform in rural areas.