Letter to the Editor
Is It Time to Expand the National Health Service Corps Scholarship Program to Address the Rural Emergency Medicine Physician Shortage?
Abstract
To the Editor: Recently, the number of total Emergency Medicine (EM) physicians has risen, and a future oversupply of EM physicians is expected. Despite this increase, the number of EM physicians practicing in rural areas has paradoxically declined because of a multitude of factors.Posted in: Emergency & Disaster Medicine16
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