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WWAMI (Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana, Idaho) Rural Health Workforce Monograph: Guide for State Legislators Regarding Rural Workforce Information and Issues
This project will compile and present state-level information about the rural health workforce in the WWAMI (Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana and Idaho) region. Information will be derived from many sources, such as the American Medical Association and American Osteopathic Association, the National Sample Survey of Registered Nurses, the American Academy of Physician Assistants, and the American Dental Association. The monograph will illustrate issues such as the shortage of different types of health care providers in various kinds of rural locations. This information can be used by policymakers, legislators and others as a basis for making informed workforce decisions that affect rural areas, such as allocating funding, enhancing training at state institutions and implementing strategies to address provider shortages. The Web site and multicolored monograph that results will provide national data as a comparison for this information and will present some intrastate rural workforce supply data.
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