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  • Health Workforce Studies

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  • Rural healthcare systems face significant challenges due to an insufficient number of primary care providers.
  • Family physicians are essential to the rural health care infrastructure.
  • Current rural physician workforce levels do not meet existing demands.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To analyze trends in the number of actively practicing family physicians in rural areas of the United States from 2017 to 2023.
  • To identify regional variations in the decline of the rural family physician workforce.
  • To inform strategies for strengthening the rural health care workforce.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized the American Medical Association Physician Masterfile to identify actively practicing US family physicians.
  • Analyzed data for the years 2017 through 2023.
  • Categorized physicians by region of practice to assess rural workforce changes.

Main Results:

  • A consistent year-over-year decrease in family physicians practicing in rural areas was observed.
  • Nationwide, there was a net loss of 11% of rural family physicians over the 7-year study period.
  • The Northeast region experienced the greatest percentage loss, while the West had the least.

Conclusions:

  • The declining number of rural family physicians poses a significant threat to healthcare access in these communities.
  • A tailored, regional approach is necessary to address the rural family physician shortage.
  • Initiatives such as rural community-based medical school pathway programs may be crucial for future workforce development.