Jeff Raymond's article, "Doctors flee state is simple a myth," was published yesterday in the Muskogee Phoenix.
He backs up his assertion with some relevant facts:
He backs up his assertion with some relevant facts:
Oklahoma had 193 physicians per 100,000 people in 2003, according to American Medical Association statistics. By 2007 the ratio had grown to 200 per 100,000 people.
In 1998 Oklahoma had 6,412 physicians. By 2007 the number had grown to 7,245, an 11.5 percent increase.
