The Washington Post, The only doctor in town , Dec. 5, 2009 The Kaiser Family Foundation, Side-by-side comparison of the House and Senate Leadership Bills , accessed Dec. 29, 2009 ...

The number of independent doctors in rural areas fell 43% from January 2019 to January 2024, with rural areas losing 5% of all practicing physicians. Meanwhile, people in rural areas had access to ...

KCU Joplin is launching a new partnership with ten regional colleges and universities. It’s called the Rural Health Scholars program.