Affecting the supply of rural physicians

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ID11037113
AuthorsJ K Cooper, Karen A Heald, K Heald, Michael E Samuels, M Samuels
Year1977
Volume67
Issue8
Pages756-759
Publication date1977-08-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048
PublisherAmerican Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2105/ajph.67.8.756
PMID888993
OpenAlexW2086206540
LanguageEN
Citations received5

A model describing physician supply and distribution is described. Two surveys obtained information to examine elements of the model. The first survey identified a group of primary care physicians that had considered rural locations but ultimately selected an urban location. This sub-group, 29 per cent of the primary care supply pool, received a follow-up survey to provide more information about how they made their choice. About one-half of them finally chose on the basis of factors other than metropolitan/non-metropolitan considerations. For this half, some of the factors that entered into the decision were the availability of physician specialists, nearby hospital facilities, and access to medical school programs. Such factors could be affected by future policy decisions, but the cost is unknown. Even if such policy decisions were made, and appropriate programs instituted, the results would probably not solve the problem of disproportionate physician distribution. The most likely-to-succeed approach to increasing the number of rural physicians remains that of increasing the number of entrants to medical school with a rural background

Business · Distribution (mathematics) · Environmental health · Family medicine · Medical care · Metropolitan area · Physician supply · Primary care · Rural area · Dental Education, Practice, Research · Global Health Workforce Issues · Healthcare Policy and Management · Medicine

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