Neue Studie kommt zu einem landesweiten Rückgang von 11 % bei ländlichen Hausärzten
https://www.annfammed.org/content/23/6/535
Neue Studie kommt zu einem landesweiten Rückgang von 11 % bei ländlichen Hausärzten
https://www.annfammed.org/content/23/6/535
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Not really surprising. Turns out when you make it difficult for doctors to practice, doctors move to the places where it’s easier to practice
Doctors don’t want to deal with aggressive morons who „did their own research“.
I have a friend who tried to practice in a rural area and moved back to a city because he didn’t want to deal with the abuse and threats from people coming to him for help who „did their own research“.
The worst part about this is the people who are impacted by this and need to see the results of their choices won’t take time to read it.
Even more damning is this only covered 2017-2023. My hypothesis is those numbers will look far worse over the last few years
This study was in the U.S. Similarly in Canada, the govt projects Canada to be short nearly 20,000 family doctors to fill job openings by 2031. https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/international-doctors-canada-barriers-1.7428598
It’s projected to get a lot worse too.
Family med doesn’t pay well and isn’t held in esteem like specialist roles are. Rural hospitals don’t pay well and are in boring areas. Doctors want nice lifestyles after sacrificing their 20s to med school/residency. Plus they usually have six digit loans and only have a few years of reproductive window left. They tend to seek lucrative specialist jobs in urban centers just like as everyone else
Rural communities are in for a world of hurt. Medical doctors aren’t the only professionals being sought. My local bar is begging attorneys to move out to smaller communities. A couple friends I went to law school with are saying the same in the states they’ve moved to.
Idea: communities band together to send promising, community service driven students to medical school. Pay all the tuition, room and board, and supply a small stipend. In return the student signs an agreement to return to their hometown and work there for 6-10 years or so. If they fail to do that, they have to pay back the money that was invested in them.
Yeah, turns out when your government wants to de-incentivize rural practice while private equity gobbles up more of the healthcare sector and insurance companies simultaneously want to make it near impossible to practice …doctors decide to move where more incentive is!
Nationwide= US for those wondering…
Ah well.. the don’t want science… they don’t want actual medicine..so why do they need doctors?
I also wouldn’t want to work in/for a community that overwhelmingly voted for trump and aggressively argue/fight against ANY preventative health measures like vaccinations and even wearing a mask and yet RUN to the urgent care/ER the second they feel bad and then refuse to listen to the doctor because they „did their own research“ and demand antibiotics for their cold/flu/covid.
Absolutely shocking that rural areas, that consistently vote red, are anti-science, anti-education, and anti-vaccination are not desirable locations for physicians, presumably with hundreds of thousands of dollars in student loan debt and young families, don’t want to live or practice there.
Big picture seems like there is a decline in all doctors. They didn’t just all move to the city. They’re just gone.