A brief overview of survey findings from CHI’s 2009 Rural Physician Survey and 2008 Rural Dentist Survey and population health indicators across Colorado using GIS maps.

Presented to: Rocky Mountain Farmers Union Fellows Program 

With funding from The Colorado Trust, in June 2009 CHI surveyed Colorado’s 1,362 rural physicians to gather information about themselves, their practices and the unique issues of working in rural areas. The information is being used to inform legislators, providers, communities, the Colorado Area Health Education Centers, the Colorado medical Society, COPIC Insurance, the Health Resources and Services Administration Region 8 Office and the Colorado University Denver School of Medicine about the challenges of recruiting and retaining physicians in rural Colorado.