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Workforce issues in rural areas: A focus on policy equity

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Rural communities in the United States are served by relatively fewer health care professionals than urban or suburban areas. I review the geographic distribution of 6 classes of health professionals and describe the multiple government and private policies and programs intended to affect their geographic distribution. These programs can be classified into 3 categories - coercive, normative, and utilitarian - that characterize the major policy levers used to influence practice location decisions. Health workforce policies must be normative to ensure equity for rural communities, but goals in this area can be achieved only through a balance of utilitarian and coercive mechanisms.

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  • Ricketts, T.C., 2005. "Workforce issues in rural areas: A focus on policy equity," American Journal of Public Health, American Public Health Association, vol. 95(1), pages 42-48.
    • Handle: RePEc:aph:ajpbhl:10.2105/ajph.2004.047597_5
    DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2004.047597
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    1. Lusby, Aaron K. & Abdul Cader, Hanas, 2010. "The Workforce Investment Act and Worker Shortage in Rural Health: Preliminary Evidence from Louisiana," Journal of Regional Analysis and Policy, Mid-Continent Regional Science Association, vol. 40(2), pages 1-8.
    2. Lo Sasso, Anthony T., 2021. "Regulating high-skilled immigration: The market for medical residents," Journal of Health Economics, Elsevier, vol. 76(C).
    3. Marie Hastings‐Tolsma & Sarah Wilcox Foster & Mary C. Brucker & Priscilla Nodine & Rebecca Burpo & Barbara Camune & Jackie Griggs & Tiffany J. Callahan, 2018. "Nature and scope of certified nurse‐midwifery practice: A workforce study," Journal of Clinical Nursing, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 27(21-22), pages 4000-4017, November.

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