PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Imam M. Xierali
AU  - Sarah A. Sweeney
AU  - Robert L. Phillips, Jr.
AU  - Andrew W. Bazemore
AU  - Stephen M. Petterson
TI  - Increasing Graduate Medical Education (GME) in Critical Access Hospitals (CAH) Could Enhance Physician Recruitment and Retention in Rural America
AID  - 10.3122/jabfm.2012.01.110188
DP  - 2012 Jan 01
TA  - The Journal of the American Board of Family
                Medicine
PG  - 7--8
VI  - 25
IP  - 1
4099  - http://www.jabfm.org/content/25/1/7.short
4100  - http://www.jabfm.org/content/25/1/7.full
SO  - J Am Board Fam Med2012 Jan 01; 25
AB  - Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) are essential to a functinoning health care safety net and are a potential partner of rural Graduate Medical Education (GME) which is associated with greater likelihood of service in rural and underserved areas. Currently very little Medicare funding supports GME in the CAH setting, highlighting a missed opportunity to improve access to care in rural America.