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Issue 6/2021

Ensuring Primary Care – a Survey of Support Measures in Bavaria

DOI: 10.3238/zfa.2021.0263-0268

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Keywords: incentives recruitment rural medical care shortage of family practitioners

BackgroundDue to the demographics of family physicians, there will be a great need in the future, especially in rural and structurally weak regions. In recent years, various support measures have been initiated to secure care. A systematic overview of the

(State: 07.06.2021)

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