Trends in rural-urban disparities among surgical specialties treating cancer, 2004-2017.

Joshua N Herb George Mark HolmesKaryn Stitzenberg

Published in: The Journal of rural health : official journal of the American Rural Health Association and the National Rural Health Care Association (2022)

Changes in the rural-urban physician workforce disparities over time are dependent upon specialty, region, and local community factors. This highlights how surgical workforce policy should be oriented to the local area circumstances.

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