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Shortage of On-Call Surgical Specialists in Nation's Emergency Rooms, RWJF Clinical Scholar Finds

February 4, 2011 | Human Capital Blog Post

In nearly three-quarters of the nation’s emergency rooms, patients might not be getting the urgent care they need because of inadequate on-call coverage by surgical specialists. RWJF Clinical Scholar Mitesh Rao, M.D, M.H.S. and his colleagues found ...

More Doctors are Needed in America's Inner Cities

February 1, 2001 | Program Result Report

Investigators from the University of Wisconsin-Madison Medical School examined changes in the availability of physicians in U.S. urban areas from 1980 to 1997.

Will the Primary Care Shortage Get Worse?

August 14, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post

Last week, NPR aired a story examining the prognosis for primary care providers in the United States. The country will have tens of thousands fewer health care providers than it needs to care for its the population by 2015, and the shortage is expec ...

Study Identifies Approaches for Balancing the Mix of Generalists and Specialists in the Physician Workforce

May 1, 1998 | Program Result Report

From 1992 to 1997, researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Medical School conducted policy studies using different mathematical models designed to test the effects of these proposals.

The Affordable Care Act and Physician Supply

January 29, 2013 | Human Capital Blog Post

A report completed this month examines how the Affordable Care Act will affect the nation’s supply of physicians.

Medical Students at Six Schools Learn how to Provide Palliative Care - And Their Teachers Learn How to Teach It

September 30, 2009 | Program Result Report

From November 2006 to May 2009, investigators at the Medical College of Wisconsin helped six medical schools develop educational programs for palliative care and trained faculty at those schools to teach in the field.

RWJF Grant Supports Innovative Telehealth Model for Bringing Specialty Care to Rural and Underserved America

August 20, 2009 | News Release

New Mexico's Project ECHO offers solution to health care worker shortage while improving health outcomes for poor patients with serious chronic diseases.

How Country Doctors Deal with a Changing World

January 1, 1999 | Program Result Report

The People-to-People Health Foundation conducted a national survey of rural physicians in 1993 and 1994 to examine their practice style and supply in medically underserved areas.

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