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Ed Baker, PhD, is the Director of the Center for Health Policy at Boise State University and is an Professor in the Department of Community and Environmental Health in the College of Health Sciences. He has over 20 years of experience in healthcare working with hospitals, physicians, state agencies and academic institutions. Dr. Baker's areas of interest include healthcare policy, rural workforce planning, healthcare financing and performance improvement. He currently serves on the Board of the Idaho Rural Health Association and holds the position of Treasurer.
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Original Research 18 March 2024
Understanding rural pharmacists’ perspectives: lived experiences and insights associated with rural recruitment and retention
Original Research 29 November 2022
The Pharmacy Community Apgar Questionnaire: a modified Delphi technique to develop a rural pharmacist recruitment and retention tool
Original Research 19 January 2020
Support for rural practice: female physicians and the life–career interface
Original Research 9 August 2018
Lived experiences and insights into the advantages important to rural recruitment and retention of general practitioners
Original Research 25 November 2016
Community assets and capabilities to recruit and retain GPs: the Community Apgar Questionnaire in rural Victoria
Original Research 4 March 2014
Development of the Nursing Community Apgar Questionnaire (NCAQ): a rural nurse recruitment and retention tool
Original Research 24 December 2012
Assessing Community Health Center (CHC) assets and capabilities for recruiting physicians: the CHC Community Apgar Questionnaire
Original Research 25 July 2011
Idaho Rural Family Physician Workforce Study: the Community Apgar Questionnaire
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