Practice location choice by new physicians: the importance of malpractice premiums, damage caps, and health professional shortage area designation.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To understand the factors affecting the choice of initial practice location by new physicians.

Data sources/study setting

A unique survey of exiting medical residents in New York State from 1998 to 2003.

Study design

We estimate conditional logit models to examine the factors affecting the choice of initial practice location by new physicians.

Data collection/extraction methods

We identify all physicians completing their training in obstetrics/gynecology or surgery and primary care physicians (PCPs) (general internal medicine, pediatrics, and family medicine) who had accepted a job in patient care and who provided the location (zip code) of their job. This resulted in 3,758 physicians in our sample.

Principal findings

Our results indicate that

SUBMITTER: Chou CF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2739028 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature