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Distribution Of NC Doctors Hurts Rural Communities

North Carolina's rural health issues may stem from uneven doctor distribution.
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Contrary to popular belief, statistics show that North Carolina does not have a doctor shortage problem; it has a doctor distribution problem.

Experts say the lack of funding for graduate medical education (GME) in rural areas is one reason that those communities have worse health outcomes.

Host Frank Stasio talks with Jason deBruyn, reporter for the Triangle Business Journal, about that story and the latest business news in North Carolina.

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Will Michaels
Will Michaels is WUNC's Weekend Host and Reporter.
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Longtime NPR correspondent Frank Stasio was named permanent host of The State of Things in June 2006. A native of Buffalo, Frank has been in radio since the age of 19. He began his public radio career at WOI in Ames, Iowa, where he was a magazine show anchor and the station's News Director.
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