Factors Associated With Health Care Professionals' Choice to Practice in Rural Minnesota.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Rural health inequities are due in part to a shortage of health care professionals in these areas.

Objective

To determine the factors associated with health care professionals' decisions about where to practice.

Design, setting, and participants

This prospective, cross-sectional survey study of health care professionals in Minnesota was administered by the Minnesota Department of Health from October 18, 2021, to July 25, 2022. Advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs), physicians, physician assistants (PAs), and registered nurses (RNs) renewing their professional licenses were eligible.

Exposures

Individuals' ratings on survey items related to their choice of practice location.

Main outcomes and measures

Rural or urban practice location as d

SUBMITTER: Fritsma T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10160870 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature