Rural Obstetric Workforce in US Hospitals: Challenges and Opportunities

PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to describe the types and combinations of clinicians who are delivering babies in rural hospitals, their employment status, the relationship between hospital birth volume and staffing models, and the staffing challenges faced by rural hospitals. METHODS: We con...

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Published in:	The Journal of rural health Vol. 31; no. 4; pp. 365 - 372
Main Authors:	Kozhimannil, Katy B., Casey, Michelle M., Hung, Peiyin, Han, Xinxin, Prasad, Shailendra, Moscovice, Ira S.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	England Journal of Rural Health 01.09.2015 Blackwell Publishing Ltd Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
Subjects:	access to care Adult Births Censuses Challenges Childbirth & labor Colorado Colorado - epidemiology Delivery, Obstetric - statistics & numerical data education Employment Employment status family medicine Family physicians Female Health care delivery Health services health services research Hospitals Hospitals, Rural - manpower Humans Infants Interdisciplinary aspects Interdisciplinary education Iowa Iowa - epidemiology issues and policy Kentucky Kentucky - epidemiology labor force Maternal Health Services - manpower Medical personnel Medical technology Midwives New York New York - epidemiology North Carolina North Carolina - epidemiology Obstetricians Obstetrics Obstetrics - manpower Oregon Oregon - epidemiology physician supply Physicians Policy making Qualitative analysis Qualitative research Recruitment Rural areas rural health Rural health care Rural Health Services - manpower rural hospitals Rural Population - statistics & numerical data Simulation Socioeconomic Factors Staffing Surgeons surveys Telecommunications Telemedicine Telephone surveys Training Vermont Vermont - epidemiology volume Washington (state) Washington - epidemiology Wisconsin Wisconsin - epidemiology Workforce Workforce planning Young Adult North Carolina Oregon Vermont New York Iowa Colorado Washington (state) Kentucky Wisconsin Washington health services research hospitals family medicine access to care physician supply
ISSN:	0890-765X, 1748-0361, 1748-0361
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