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California’s San Joaquin Valley needs more doctors. New medical schools are years away
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. California’s San Joaquin Valley needs more doctors. The roughly 250-mile region, stretching from Stockton to Bakersfield, has about 200 physicians per 10,000 residents, according to the California Healthcare Foundation. In the Bay Area, that ratio is more than twice as high. Medical schools […] The post California’s San Joaquin Valley needs more doctors. New medical schools are years away appeared first on Redwood City Pulse .
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This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. California’s San Joaquin Valley needs more doctors. The roughly 250-mile region, stretching from Stockton to Bakersfield, has about 200 physicians per 10,000 residents, according to the California Healthcare Foundation. In the Bay Area, that ratio is more than twice as high. Medical schools […] The post California’s San Joaquin Valley needs more doctors. New medical schools are years away appeared first on Redwood City Pulse .
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According to Redwood City Pulse’s source item, California’s San Joaquin Valley needs more doctors. New medical schools are years away, This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. California’s San Joaquin Valley needs more doctors. The roughly 250-mile region, stretching from Stockton to Bakersfield, has about 200 physicians per 10,000 residents, according to the California Healthcare Foundation. In the Bay Area, that ratio is more than twice as high. Medical schools […] The post California’s San Joaquin Valley needs more doctors. New medical schools are years away appeared first on Redwood City Pulse .
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