The AMA recently announced that it is strengthening its efforts to increase the rural physician workforce.
CDC data indicate that in 2019, the age-adjusted death rates in urban areas was 693.4 per 100,000 people. In rural areas, this rate was 834 per 100,000 people.
According to the National Rural Health Association, the patient-to-primary care physician ratio in urban areas is 53.3 physicians per 100,000 people, compared with 39.8 PCPs per 100,000 people in rural areas.
“For the nearly 60 million people who live in rural communities across America, persistent inequities continue to place