Study maps need for kids’ doctors in rural areas

Today’s Denver Post highlights a recent study that shows the need for pediatricians and family practitioners in rural areas. The study found that while the number of pediatricians and family physicians have outpaced increases in the U.S. child population, the distribution of primary care doctors for children is uneven. Using national data to calculate the per-child supply of working pediatricians and family physicians in geographic regions, low-supply regions were mostly rural. Read the article.