How and why to attract doctors to Israel’s periphery

How and why to attract doctors to Israel’s periphery

This academic article from the Israel Journal of Health Policy Research outlines the importance of bringing more primary healthcare physicians to Israel’s peripheral regions. As compared to the communities in the center, peripheral regions have long suffered from inadequate medical care and resource availability. The researchers propose a method of screening medical students for potential candidacy and enticing them to develop their medical careers in Israel’s outlying communities right from the start.