Older Graduates and Rural Choice - Alpha order

Robert C. Bowman, M.D.

Medical Schools where older students have over 50% greater choice of rural practice locations State Rural Choice of Younger Graduates Rank Rural Rural Choice of Grads over 29 years Rank Rural Increase in Rural Location for Older Graduates Increase in Rural Born Schools where Rural Location of Older Grads is Likely Due to Age (>30%) In These Schools Rural Location of Older Grads is Likely Due to Rural Birth
National Averages   9.9%   13.6%   38.1% 16.5% 1  
Alabama AL 12.2% 44 13.2% 62 7.8% 4.6% 1  
South Alabama AL 18.4% 18 22.1% 17 20.5% -2.0% 1  
Arkansas  AR 25.7% 5 29.1% 7 13.2% 3.5% 1  
Arizona AZ 10.6% 54 17.8% 33 68.0% 9.8% 1  
Loma Linda CA 14.2% 36 16.5% 41 15.9% 35.8%   1
Stanford  CA 2.8% 123 3.4% 120 21.3% 41.4%   1
UC Davis CA 4.4% 109 10.8% 81 143.3% 91.9% 1  
UC Irvine CA 3.8% 113 6.0% 112 57.8% 104.6%   1
UCLA CA 3.3% 118 3.4% 121 2.1% 33.3%   1
UCSD CA 5.0% 105 5.7% 113 13.2% 92.4%   1
UCSF CA 3.1% 120 8.0% 100 155.8% 32.2% 1  
USC  CA 3.4% 116 6.1% 111 77.1% 44.3% 1  
U of CO CO 12.2% 45 16.5% 39 36.0% 23.0% 1  
U Conn CT 8.6% 71 10.2% 88 19.5% 106.1%   1
Yale CT 3.0% 121 4.1% 118 35.9% 13.9% 1  
George Washington DC 5.8% 96 6.3% 109 7.6% 73.3%   1
Georgetown DC 7.0% 87 6.4% 107 -8.8% 24.0% 1  
Howard DC 6.0% 93 11.5% 75 89.8% -23.7% 1  
U of FL FL 7.1% 86 12.6% 66 78.3% 92.4%   1
U of Miami FL 5.2% 103 9.1% 94 76.7% 150.7%   1
U South FL FL 5.7% 99 9.2% 93 60.6% 102.2%   1
Emory GA 8.9% 69 9.0% 96 1.1% -12.0% 1  
Med Col GA GA 19.2% 14 25.3% 13 31.5% 12.8% 1  
Mercer GA 32.3% 1 37.9% 2 17.2% -22.8% 1  
Morehouse GA 10.4% 56 11.8% 70 13.8% 71.2%   1
Hawaii HI 9.3% 68 10.8% 83 15.7% -13.3% 1  
Iowa IA 16.7% 23 22.0% 18 32.1% -8.6% 1  
Chi Finch IL 6.0% 95 9.5% 91 57.7% 29.0% 1  
Chi Pritzker IL 4.5% 108 3.2% 122 -29.0% 48.9% 1  
Loyola Stritch IL 6.5% 91 10.0% 89 54.2% -10.6% 1  
Northwest IL 4.0% 112 6.3% 108 57.3% 24.9% 1  
Rush IL 5.8% 97 9.6% 90 66.4% 59.6%   1
Sou Illinois IL 19.0% 15 21.4% 20 12.8% -16.1% 1  
U Illinois  IL 10.1% 60 13.4% 61 32.5% 5.1% 1  
Indiana IN 12.3% 43 17.3% 36 40.6% 38.5%   1
Kansas KS 18.1% 20 20.3% 22 12.2% -14.2% 1  
U Kentucky KY 22.8% 9 26.9% 8 17.8% -14.0% 1  
U Louisville KY 19.4% 13 21.6% 19 10.9% -16.8% 1  
LSU New Orl LA 14.5% 35 19.2% 29 32.3% 9.5% 1  
LSU Shreveport LA 15.8% 26 20.1% 25 27.4% 31.6%   1
Tulane LA 8.5% 73 8.5% 99 0.5% 28.2%   1
Boston U MA 6.2% 92 6.2% 110 0.3% -13.1% 1  
Harvard MA 2.8% 124 2.8% 123 -1.6% -1.1%   1
Tufts MA 5.0% 106 6.5% 106 28.2% 40.2%   1
U Mass MA 7.0% 88 12.9% 64 85.0% 8.5% 1  
Johns Hopkins MD 5.4% 100 7.3% 102 37.1% 2.8% 1  
U of MD MD 8.0% 78 11.1% 77 39.7% 53.6%   1
Uniform Serv MD 7.8% 80 10.8% 82 38.4% 25.9%   1
Mich St allo MI 14.5% 34 16.6% 38 13.9% -29.7% 1  
U Michigan MI 7.5% 81 9.0% 97 20.2% -19.5% 1  
Wayne State MI 9.3% 67 11.5% 74 23.4% -3.5% 1  
Mayo MN 10.9% 52 16.2% 44 49.6% -17.3% 1  
U MN Duluth MN 28.8% 3 39.2% 1 36.0% -11.6% 1  
U MN Minn MN 15.7% 27 18.3% 31 16.9% 3.1% 1  
St. Louis MO 9.8% 62 13.1% 63 33.6% 36.5%   1
U Missouri KC MO 10.6% 55 16.4% 42 55.2% 20.8% 1  
U MO Columbia MO 16.3% 25 25.8% 11 58.0% -14.1% 1  
Washington MO 5.7% 98 7.3% 103 27.4% 23.4%   1
U Mississippi MS 27.1% 4 25.4% 12 -6.2% -10.2%   1
Bowman Wake NC 13.7% 37 13.6% 59 -0.7% -14.8%   1
Brody E Carolina NC 18.6% 17 29.4% 6 57.7% 4.8% 1  
Duke NC 6.7% 90 10.6% 85 59.2% 0.3% 1  
U North Carolina NC 12.4% 40 12.2% 68 -1.3% 2.9% 1  
U N Dakota ND 23.1% 8 31.2% 5 34.9% -1.9% 1  
Creighton NE 14.7% 33 18.9% 30 28.7% -18.1% 1  
U NE Med Ctr NE 19.6% 11 22.4% 16 14.5% -14.0% 1  
Dartmouth NH 12.3% 42 14.8% 47 20.3% -21.8% 1  
New Jersey NJ 5.0% 107 7.3% 104 45.2% 61.8%   1
UMDNJ RWJ NJ 6.0% 94 11.7% 72 94.0% 67.3%   1
U of NM NM 18.1% 19 20.0% 26 10.7% -10.7% 1  
U Nevada NV 8.6% 70 17.4% 35 101.9% 14.3% 1  
Albany NY 8.0% 77 13.8% 57 72.9% -9.6% 1  
Albert Einstein NY 3.3% 119 2.1% 124 -37.7% 155.0% 1  
Columbia NY 3.3% 117 5.2% 116 57.3% 48.1%   1
Cornell NY 2.5% 125 4.5% 117 81.0% 37.1% 1  
Mt. Sinai NY 3.7% 114 5.3% 115 41.9% 194.3%   1
New York Med NY 5.2% 102 11.7% 71 124.0% 48.4% 1  
New York U NY 3.0% 122 1.2% 125 -59.2% 97.1% 1  
SUNY Brooklyn NY 4.0% 111 7.1% 105 76.6% 117.0%   1
SUNY Buffalo NY 6.8% 89 11.4% 76 66.3% -10.4% 1  
SUNY Stony Brook NY 5.1% 104 10.9% 80 113.9% 99.9%   1
SUNY Syracuse NY 10.2% 58 14.5% 48 42.1% 55.3%   1
U of Rochester NY 8.3% 76 9.4% 92 12.4% 2.7% 1  
Case Western OH 5.3% 101 8.7% 98 63.0% -18.9% 1  
Med Coll Ohio OH 12.8% 39 14.4% 49 12.3% 8.4%   1
NEOUCOM OH 8.4% 75 16.8% 37 99.5% 41.2% 1  
Ohio State OH 11.3% 49 17.8% 32 57.2% 31.7% 1  
U Cincinnati OH 9.9% 61 13.9% 56 40.4% -11.2% 1  
Wright State OH 17.4% 22 15.3% 45 -12.0% 13.4% 1  
Oral Roberts OK 19.0% 16 26.5% 9 39.9% 27.5%   1
U of OK OK 14.9% 30 19.7% 27 32.1% 5.4% 1  
Oregon OR 17.5% 21 19.3% 28 10.5% 9.8%   1
Jefferson PA 7.4% 83 12.0% 69 61.2% 10.3% 1  
MCP Hahn PA 7.4% 84 14.3% 53 94.3% 13.8% 1  
Penn State PA 11.1% 50 17.6% 34 58.5% -3.2% 1  
Temple PA 7.9% 79 11.1% 78 40.8% 1.0% 1  
U of PA PA 3.6% 115 4.1% 119 15.3% 46.2%   1
U Pittsburg PA 8.4% 74 10.5% 86 24.2% 14.0% 1  
Brown RI 4.4% 110 5.6% 114 27.6% 0.0% 1  
Med U SC SC 14.8% 31 14.3% 51 -3.7% 0.9% 1  
U S Carolina SC 16.6% 24 12.8% 65 -22.5% -16.0%   1
U S Dakota SD 30.4% 2 37.8% 3 24.5% -12.6% 1  
East TN St TN 25.3% 6 23.3% 15 -7.9% -9.3%   1
Meharry TN 11.5% 47 13.4% 60 16.1% 27.4%   1
U of TN TN 20.1% 10 20.4% 21 1.7% 6.2%   1
Vanderbilt TN 9.5% 64 7.5% 101 -20.6% -22.1%   1
Baylor TX 7.5% 82 11.6% 73 56.1% 32.4% 1  
Texas A & M TX 10.7% 53 13.9% 55 30.0% 6.7% 1  
Texas Tech TX 12.4% 41 14.9% 46 20.4% 50.6%   1
UT Houston TX 9.8% 63 10.7% 84 9.1% 49.3%   1
UT San Antonio TX 10.2% 57 14.3% 52 40.2% 67.3%   1
UT Southwest TX 7.2% 85 9.1% 95 26.9% 12.5% 1  
UTMB Galv TX 9.5% 65 12.5% 67 31.9% 32.0%   1
U Utah UT 15.2% 28 20.2% 23 32.7% 20.6% 1  
Eastern VA VA 11.4% 48 14.2% 54 25.1% -0.8% 1  
U Virginia  VA 11.9% 46 16.5% 40 38.1% -3.3% 1  
VCU MCVA VA 10.1% 59 14.4% 50 42.3% 60.1%   1
U Vermont VT 14.8% 32 24.5% 14 65.6% -17.6% 1  
U Washington WA 15.0% 29 20.2% 24 34.2% -22.2% 1  
Med Col WI WI 10.9% 51 13.7% 58 25.8% 9.2% 1  
U Wisc WI 13.6% 38 16.4% 43 20.8% -1.3% 1  
Marshall WV 19.5% 12 26.5% 10 36.2% 19.0% 1  
West Virg U WV 23.3% 7 32.1% 4 37.7% 0.3% 1  

Urban born female family physicians have greater rural choice than urban born male family physicians - interesting. Gender and Rural Practice

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