Doctor Clings to Rural Practice in Small Town Iowa
Dr. Craig Thompson, 41, has run a private practice in Strawberry Point population 1400 since 1979, facing pressures to move as rural doctors dwindle. He works 70 hours weekly, helped by a new Health Enhancement Foundation funding and a temporary loan for Marcy Fadness, a physician assistant.
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Strawberry Point
Iowa
Craig Thompson
Thompson
Dr. Thompson
University of Iowa
U.S
Cedar Rapids
Main Street
Citgo
Dubuque
Fort Atkinson
St. Luke’s Hospital
Fadness
Osceola
Shortage of physicians in rural United States
A study shows over 50 million Americans live in rural areas with insufficient health care, and only 9 percent of physicians practice there though 20 percent of the population resides in rural zones. Rural doctors average longer hours and more appointments, with over 2,000 primary care doctors needed nationally to reduce patients per doctor to 3,500. The Iowa Kansas Missouri Nebraska region alone requires 147 doctors to eliminate HPSAs.
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United States
U.S
Iowa
Kansas
Missouri
Nebraska
AIDS epidemic appears to slow as 1993 cases reclassified
CDC officials say AIDS growth slowed after a new definition reclassified cases. About 61,800 AIDS cases were diagnosed in 1993, up 3 percent from 1992, versus the 105,990 total reports under the old tally. Experts caution the trend reflects definitional changes and not a cure.
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Atlanta
Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
United States
John Ward
CDC
Ward
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