Blog Health Justice Laura Harker Charlton Ranks Among Georgia Counties With Dire Health Provider Shortages July 1, 2016 / January 15, 2020 by Laura Harker Nearly two-thirds of Georgia’s counties fall below the statewide average number of nurses, physician assistants, total doctors and primary care doctors per 100,000 residents. In many rural counties, shortages reflect financial ills in local health care systems, even hospital closures. Community health care cornerstones like Charlton Memorial Hospital closed across the state in recent years. […] Read more » medicaid Rural hospitals
