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Rural health is losing doctors: An overview of consolidation in U.S. health care
Author(s)Richard Payerchin
Reviewing the state of rural health care with the Physicians Advocacy Institute CEO Kelly Kenney, JD.
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Consolidation across the health care system in the United States has led to more and more
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