I came across a statistic in
A Study of Rural Society (Kolb, Brummer, and Ogburn, 1946).* From the chapter, “Rural Health and Medical Services”:
“The American Medical Associates estimates that a critical level is reached when there is one physician for every 1500 people. Below that, health and productivity are endangered.”
Two questions come to mind. First, what is the physician population ratio today? Second, how could one physician possibly care for a…
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Posted on September 17, 2009 at 8:00pm
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