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Katrina displaces thousands of physicians in region.

Publication: Mississippi Business Journal
Publication Date: 24-OCT-05 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Katrina displaces thousands of physicians in region.(Healthcare Mississippi)

Article Excerpt
It is estimated that approximately 6,000 physicians along the Gulf Coast were displaced as a result of Hurricane Katrina--the largest displacement of physicians in U.S. history--and it is currently unknown how many might have left for less hurricane-prone regions of the country.

The American Medical Association (AMA) used data provided by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to come up with the estimate that found 5,944 doctors were displaced in 10 Mississippi counties and Louisiana parishes directly affected by Katrina. More than two-thirds of the doctors were from the New Orleans parishes of Orleans, Jefferson and St. Bernard.

"We don't know what this is going to mean for healthcare," said Dr. Thomas Ricketts, who led a University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill study on the issue. "We've never...

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