The article hits all the issues facing rural medicine recruitment
Very interesting, but it doesn’t mention one of the other major barriers to retaining physicians in rural areas: the alarming rate of closures and bankruptcies of small town/rural hospitals.
More than 20% of rural/small town hospitals will likely go out of business in the next 3 years. Closures have reached an epidemic rate in most rural areas.
See: https://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20190220/NEWS/190229999/nearly-a-quarter-of-rural-hospitals-are-on-the-brink-of-closure
and
https://www.ruralhealthinfo.org/news/topics/closures-of-healthcare-facilities-and-services