Robert C. Bowman, M.D.
| Different Factor | Impact of factor on FP choice | Changes in the past 20 years and Graphics |
| Rural | Urban choose FP 10% | Decline from 27% to 12% Rural Background |
| Rural choose FP 20 - 28% | 47% decrease in rural born admission | |
| Older | Linear relationship | Not as dramatic a factor in eastern schools |
| 13% to 40% from age 27 to age 40 | Unchanging 22 - 24% of medical students are over age 29 since 1981 | |
| Instate | 55% greater FP choice | 17% decrease in instate born |
| Instate born choice of FP 17% | ||
| Out of state born FP 11% | ||
| MCAT Higher | 1 point = 3 - 5 match points lower | Increase 1 point past decade, esp in biosciences MCAT |
| MCAT Correlations |
Urban-Rural Location, Per Capita Income, and Choice of Family Medicine
Family Physicians Are Different
Decreasing Rural FP Physicians
Increasing International FP Graduates
Gender and Ethnicity in FP Graduates 1997
