| Title |
Nature of association between rural background and practice location: A comparison of general practitioners and specialists
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|---|---|
| Published in |
BMC Health Services Research, March 2011
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| DOI | 10.1186/1472-6963-11-63 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Matthew R McGrail, John S Humphreys, Catherine M Joyce |
| Abstract |
Rural and remote areas are characterised by a shortage of medical practitioners. Rural background has been shown to be a significant factor associated with medical graduates' intentions and decisions to practise within a rural area, though most studies have only used simple definitions of rural background and not previously looked at specialists. This paper aims to investigate in detail the nature of the association between rural background and practice location of Australian general practitioners (GPs) and specialists |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Canada | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 75 | 99% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 14 | 18% |
| Student > Bachelor | 11 | 14% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 9 | 12% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 8 | 11% |
| Researcher | 8 | 11% |
| Other | 12 | 16% |
| Unknown | 14 | 18% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 24 | 32% |
| Social Sciences | 8 | 11% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 5 | 7% |
| Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine | 3 | 4% |
| Business, Management and Accounting | 3 | 4% |
| Other | 9 | 12% |
| Unknown | 24 | 32% |
Attention Score in Context
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#2
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