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Is there a doctor in the hills?

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Caitlin Byrd | 22 days ago

The sometimes challenging road to health care in rural Western North Carolina extends beyond the curves of country back roads. Whether it's dealing with the current physician shortage that affects all but Madison in the 16-county region or wrestling with social and economic barriers, local providers and patients share their challenges and plans to address rural health-care needs. (Cover by Emily Busey. Photo by Max Cooper.)

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Is there a doctor in the house? Economics driving local physicians into large group practices

Caitlin Byrd | 08/03/2011

A slumping economy and far-reaching changes in the nation’s health-care infrastructure have increasingly put independent, small-scale practices at risk.

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