3 Topic Commentaries

Top 10 States Offering Large Physician Loan Repayment Programs

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  Janet M. Coffman, PhD, MPP, MA

  Health policy; health workforce research

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  University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) – Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies and Healthforce Center

  The loan repayment plan is notable because it provides more generous funding to a larger number of doctors than similar programs, said Janet M. Coffman, a professor of health policy at the University of California, San Francisco.

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  Robert Martiniano, DrPH, MPA

  Health workforce research; health policy

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  University at Albany (SUNY) – Center for Health Workforce Studies

  Service-obligated providers are instrumental in providing health care services to New York State’s most vulnerable populations, including those living in inner-cities and rural areas,

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  Nafin Harun, MA

  Health workforce shortage designations; GIS and data analysis

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  University at Albany (SUNY) – Center for Health Workforce Studies

  Service-obligated programs target federal and state shortage areas and facilities for provider recruitment,

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