Responding to One Rural Community's Primary Care Needs: Investing in Workforce and Broad Community Stakeholder Engagement

N C Med J. 2022 Nov-Dec;83(6):435-439. doi: 10.18043/ncm.83.6.435.

Abstract

Lack of access to high-quality primary care has been shown to contribute to urban-rural health disparities. We describe a model in which an academic health system made targeted primary care investments to address rural health disparities while building the health workforce to ensure sustainability.

MeSH terms

  • Humans
  • Primary Health Care
  • Rural Health Services*
  • Rural Population*
  • Stakeholder Participation
  • Workforce