Challenges to the Israeli healthcare system: attracting medical students to primary care and to the periphery

• Main Authors: Charles Weissman (Author), Rachel Yaffa Zisk-Rony (Author), Alexander Avidan (Author), Uriel Elchalal (Author), Howard Tandeter (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background The greatest challenges facing healthcare systems include ensuring a sufficient supply of primary care physicians and physicians willing to work in rural or peripheral areas. Especially challenging is enticing young physicians to practice primary care in rural/peripheral areas. I...