title: How a hospital attracts MDs.
abstract: While statistics indicate the nation is producing more physicians than it needs, administrators of rural or inner city hospitals still may have difficulty recruiting the physicians they need. Suggestions are given for assessing a hospital's medical staff needs, organizing a search committee, locating physician resources, evaluating candidates, and conducting recruitment visits.
mesh_terms: D003284:Contract Services; D006739:Hospital Administration; D008505:Medical Staff, Hospital / Q000600:supply & distribution*; D010559:Personnel Management / Q000379:methods*; D010560:Personnel Selection / Q000379:methods*; D010820:Physicians / Q000600:supply & distribution; D011367:Professional Staff Committees; D012424:Rural Population; D014505:Urban Population