Osteopathic Physicians: An Answer To rural Health Care Needs? by Ankita Rao. Kaiser Health News. March, 11, 2013.
The shortage of generalist physicians is expected to reach 52,000 by 2025. In addition only 9 percent of physicians practice in rural areas where 20 percent of the population lives. DO training is ramping up with 34 osteopathic medical schools, up from 19 in 2000. The number of DO's has increased from 29,500 in 1990 to about 74,500 in 2011. Increasingly hospitals and doctor groups no longer view DOs differently in primary care. Many DOs wish to serve the rural areas from which they come.
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