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Mining for Future Health Care Providers in Appalachian Kentucky
- Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Volume 23, Number 2, May 2012
- pp. 694-704
- 10.1353/hpu.2012.0068
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Recent studies project a significant shortage of U.S. health care providers within the next decade. To address southeastern Kentucky's persistent undersupply of medical professionals, a multi-county Health Career Enrichment Camp for rising 9th and 10th grade students was implemented in 2008. This report describes the annual camp's development and preliminary outcomes.