Estimating the Percentage of Primary Care Rural Physicians Produced by Regular and Special Admissions Policies.

Rabinowitz, Howard K.

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Publication Date: 1986

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Estimating the Percentage of Primary Care Rural Physicians Produced by Regular and Special Admissions Policies.

Rabinowitz, Howard K.

Journal of Medical Education, v61 n7 p598-600 Jul 1986

Rural background and specialty choice of family medicine are each significant predictors of practice in a nonmetropolitan area. The utilization of the medical school selection process to address the maldistribution problem is examined, and a predictive model is described. (MLW)

Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Career Choice, Educational Policy, Estimation (Mathematics), Family Practice (Medicine), Geographic Distribution, Higher Education, Models, Physicians, Predictive Measurement, Predictor Variables, Primary Health Care, Rural Areas

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