To stay or not to stay: factors influencing family practice residents' choice of initial practice location.

To stay or not to stay: factors influencing family practice residents' choice of initial practice location.

Costa A J; Schrop S L; McCord G; Gillanders W R

Family medicine

1996

1996-03

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: This study examined what factors influence US third-year family practice residents' choice of location of their first practice. METHODS: A survey was developed by the members of Northeastern Ohio Network to assess the influence of factors related to family, education, geography, finances, the medical community, and others on the selection of practice location. Surveys were sent to all program directors listed in the American Academy of Family Physicians 1994 Directory of Family Practice Residency Programs to be distributed to all third-year family practice residents. The program directors indicated the type of residency program, the number of surveys distributed, and the number returned, then forwarded completed surveys to the investigators. RESULTS: Two hundred fifty-nine of the 380 programs (68%) with

Adult; Female; Humans; Male; Workforce; Age Factors; Sex Factors; Life Style; Analysis of Variance; Logistic Models; Internship and Residency; Data Collection; *Family Practice; *Professional Practice Location/statistics & numerical data/trends

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