Category results for: Annals Of Family Medicine
Primary care shortage affects 44% of Virginia’s neighborhoods and almost 3.8 million residents, new VCU study finds
Rural communities are particularly hard-hit, and the research could point to workforce initiatives. Nearly half of Virginia’s neighborhoods don’t have enough nearby primary care physicians for their residents, with rural communities being hit hardest by workforce shortages, according to a new study led by researchers at Virginia Commonwealth University. Using anonymized health care claims data, […]
Where doctors aren’t: New study shows why primary care shortages persist
By Austin Littrell, Medical Economics Nearly half of Virginia’s neighborhoods lack adequate access to primary care. That’s the conclusion of a new study published in the Annals of Family Medicine, which used all-payer claims data to map how and where patients in the state can reach a doctor within 30 minutes. Researchers found that 44% of […]
