Tag: Rural Health

Let's play a fun game, what single word makes these two sentences different? "On the eastern plains, patients now outnumber their doctors 5,000 to one." "On...

On the eastern plains, patients outnumber their doctors 5,000 to one. That is about the same ratio at which patients out number doctors in Afghanistan. In Denver that ratio is just over 1,300 to one. The Health Institute estimates that a single primary care doctor working full time can reasonably serve only 1,900 patients.

A story hits home for one reporter. The local 9HealthFair was in Rifle on Saturday and I had two objectives when I attended: First, as...