RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Increasing Graduate Medical Education (GME) in Critical Access Hospitals (CAH) Could Enhance Physician Recruitment and Retention in Rural America
JF The Journal of the American Board of Family
                Medicine
JO J Am Board Fam Med
FD American Board of Family Medicine
SP 7
OP 8
DO 10.3122/jabfm.2012.01.110188
VO 25
IS 1
A1 Xierali, Imam M.
A1 Sweeney, Sarah A.
A1 Phillips, Robert L.
A1 Bazemore, Andrew W.
A1 Petterson, Stephen M.
YR 2012
UL http://www.jabfm.org/content/25/1/7.abstract
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.