Informing Rural Primary Care Workforce Policy: What Does The Evidence Tell Us. A Review of Rural Health Research Center Literature, 2000-2010

摘要

This particular analysis is intended to provide a review of the evidence-based research relevant to the rural primary care workforce produced by the federally-funded Rural Health Research Centers (RHRCs) from 2000 to 2010. The review serves as a companion to the seminar and is structured around these primary sub-categories, providing in-depth context for Doeschers discussion, while also profiling research addressing additional relevant sub-categories not mentioned in Doeschers presentation. Essentially, the evidence which surfaces from a review of RHRC-sponsored research reaffirms claims that have been made for at least the last decade and earlier: rural primary care workforce shortages not only exist but continue to worsen, as they result from complex, multifaceted issues which necessitate solutions that are equally complex.