title: Physician recruitment strategies for rural hospitals.
abstract: How can rural hospitals continue to attract physicians to their facilities? For most rural hospitals, the number of dollars they spend in medical education equates to the number of physicians they are able to retain on staff. What will be the cost to the consumer versus the physicians if the shortage is not addressed and corrected?
authors.affiliation: United States Navy, Virginia Beach 23464, USA.
authors.forename: I A
authors.initials: IA
authors.lastname: Harriott
mesh_terms: D005380:Financing, Government; D006780:Hospitals, Rural; D008505:Medical Staff, Hospital / Q000600:supply & distribution*; D008507:Medically Underserved Area; D009722:Nurse Practitioners / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000600:supply & distribution; D010560:Personnel Selection; D010823:Physician Assistants / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000600:supply & distribution; D011365:Professional Practice Location; D014481:United States; D000078329:Workforce