Improving Recruitment and Retention of Medical Scholarship Recipients in Rural Georgia

A variety of strategies have been employed to recruit physicians to rural areas, including those in Georgia. This study compared the number and percentage of state medical education board scholarship recipients who entered practice rather than providing cash repayment during the period before the in...

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Published inJournal of health care for the poor and underserved Vol. 11; no. 2; pp. 135 - 143
Main Authors Duttera, M. Julian, Blumenthal, Daniel S, Dever, G. E. Alan, Lawley, Joseph B
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Johns Hopkins University Press 01.05.2000
Subjects
Contracts
Doctors
Education, Medical - economics
Fairs
Fellowships and Scholarships
Georgia
Incentives
Medically Underserved Area
Personnel Selection - economics
Physicians
Physicians - economics
Physicians - supply & distribution
Professional recruitment
Recruitment
Retention
Rural areas
Rural Health Services - manpower
Scholarships
Scholarships & fellowships
USA
Georgia
United States > US
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Summary:A variety of strategies have been employed to recruit physicians to rural areas, including those in Georgia. This study compared the number and percentage of state medical education board scholarship recipients who entered practice rather than providing cash repayment during the period before the inception of a medical fair with the number and percentage of those entering practice after the inception of the medical fair whose contracts did not include a triple-indemnity clause.
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ISSN:1049-2089
1548-6869
1548-6869
DOI:10.1353/hpu.2010.0679