title: Why Is There a Deficit of Rural Surgeons in the United States?
authors.affiliation: College of Community Health Sciences, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
authors.forename: Daniel M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Avery
authors.affiliation: College of Community Health Sciences, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
authors.forename: Joseph C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Wallace
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D019035:Rural Health Services; D012424:Rural Population; D066231:Surgeons / Q000600:supply & distribution*; D014481:United States; D000078329:Workforce
keywords: general surgery; rural health care; rural health care workforce; rural surgery; surgeon workforce