A New York senator's proposed legislation underscores the need to ramp up physician recruiting in the underserved Mohawk Valley region, according to an Observer-Dispatch editorial.
Sen. Charles Schumer plans to propose federal legislation to fund more residency slots in teaching hospitals and help to pay the medical school bills of physicians working in underserved areas upstate.
More than 40 percent of upstate doctors are over 55 years old and the number of retiring physicians is rising each year, said Mr. Schumer. New York's Mohawk Valley, in particular, has the fewest doctors per capita (172 doctors per 100,000) of any region in the state, according to a 2011 report from the University at Albany's Center for Health Workforce Studies. New York City, by contrast, has 393 doctors per 100,000 residents.
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Sen. Charles Schumer plans to propose federal legislation to fund more residency slots in teaching hospitals and help to pay the medical school bills of physicians working in underserved areas upstate.
More than 40 percent of upstate doctors are over 55 years old and the number of retiring physicians is rising each year, said Mr. Schumer. New York's Mohawk Valley, in particular, has the fewest doctors per capita (172 doctors per 100,000) of any region in the state, according to a 2011 report from the University at Albany's Center for Health Workforce Studies. New York City, by contrast, has 393 doctors per 100,000 residents.
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