physician shortage area

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A rural and/or low income region–eg, inner city with few practicing physicians–eg, < 1 physician/5000. See Manpower shortage. Cf Brain drain, Physician oversupply.

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Physician Oversupply			International medical graduates have become an integral part of providing medical care in federally designated physician shortage areas, according to results from a recent study. International graduates fill gaps in physician supply by Frieden, Joyce / Clinical Psychiatry News Some states have opted to also cover the services of certified registered nurse anesthetists and clinical nurse specialists-mainly because these practitioners are willing to provide needed services in physician shortage areas. Medicaid coverage of advanced practice registered nurses (H.R. ... by The Pulse 7079 KOON Provides for an income tax credit for physicians who agree to practice their specialty in areas designated by the regents as a designated physician shortage area. Bills in the New York state Assembly by The Informed Constituent (Albany, NY)			physical rehabilitation physical restraint physical science physical sign Physical status classification physical therapist physical therapy physical therapy assistant physically helpless physician physician assistant Physician Assisted Suicide physician autonomy Physician Bashing Physician Expert Witness physician extender Physician Glut physician health service plan Physician Impairment physician income Physician Invulnerability Syndrome Physician Oversupply physician profiling physician referral Physician Shopping physician shortage area Physician Smoker physician stress physician support physician test physician's assistant Physician's Current Procedural Terminology Physician's Desk Reference physician-assisted suicide/euthanasia physician-hospital organization physician-patient relationship physician-sponsored organization Physicians Online Physicians' Committee for Responsible Medicine Physicians' Curriculum in Clinical Nutrition Physicians' Desk Reference physicist physico- physicochemical physics Physio ring physio- physiochemical physiocultopathy physiogenic physiognomy			physician oversupply Physician Ownership of Physical Therapy Services Physician Payment Review Commission Physician Placement Service of America Physician Practice Connections Physician Practice Information Physician Practice Information Survey Physician Practice Management Physician Practice Management Companies Physician Practice Patient Safety Assessment Physician Preference Item physician profiling Physician Quality and Technology Initiative Physician Quality Incentive Program Physician Quality Reporting Initiative physician referral Physician Regulatory Issues Team Physician Relationship Management Physician Reviewer Assessment Format Physician Satisfaction Stat Team Physician Scarcity Area Physician Scientist Training Program Physician Services Practice Analysis physician shopping physician shortage area Physician Smoker Physician Sponsor Plan Physician Sponsor Program Physician Static Global Assessment physician stress physician support physician support physician support physician support physician support physician test Physician Values in Practice Scale Physician Voluntary Reporting Program Physician Written Opinion physician's assistant physician's assistant physician's assistant Physician's assistant's Physician's assistant's Physician's assistant's Physician's Assistant, Certified Physician's Association Physician's Computer Company Physician's Current Procedural Terminology Physician's Desk Reference Physician's Desk Reference Physician's Desk Reference Physician's Evaluation and Educational Review in Emergency Medicine Physician's Global Assessment Physician's Guide to the Internet

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