On-call physicians would get tax credits of as much as $100 per day or $5,000 for a full weekend at hospitals in communities with fewer than 20,000 people.
A spokeswoman for Woodward Regional Hospital, in a community with 12,000 people, said the tax break would be useful because frequent on-call duties are a factor in its problems with recruiting physicians.
Read the Enid News’ report on physician call.
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