Table 2. Physicians With a 2014 and 2019 Arizona Practice Location by 2014 Rural-Urban Commuting Area Location.
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Arizona N=11,202, n (%) |
Urban N=10,661 (95.2), n (%) |
Large R ural N=380 (3.4), n (%) |
Small Rural N=161 (1.4), n (%) |
P V alue |
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Relocation Patterns (2014 - 2019) |
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Did not relocate |
7,493 (66.9) |
7,115 (66.7) |
266 (70.0) |
112 (69.6) |
<.001 |
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Relocated more urban |
102 (0.9) |
0 (0.0) |
61 (16.1) |
41 (25.5) |
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Relocated within same RUCA code |
3,515 (31.4) |
3,466 (32.5) |
41 (10.8) |
8 (5.0) |
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Relocated more rural |
92 (0.8) |
80 (0.8) |
12 (3.2) |
0 (0.0) |
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Physician Type (2014) |
<.001 |
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Primary care |
3,605 (32.2) |
3,355 (31.5) |
153 (40.3) |
97 (60.2) |
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Nonprimary care |
7,597 (67.8) |
7,306 (68.5) |
227 (59.7) |
64 (39.8) |
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Undergaduate Medical Education |
.002 |
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Arizona |
1,563 (14.0) |
1,490 (14.0) |
49 (12.9) |
24 (14.9) |
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Out of Arizona |
6,872 (61.4) |
6,534 (61.3) |
219 (57.6) |
119 (73.9) |
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Out of United States |
2,765 (24.7) |
2,635 (24.7) |
112 (29.5) |
18 (11.2) |
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Gender |
.002 |
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Female |
3,445 (30.9) |
3,305 (31.1) |
83 (21.9) |
57 (35.4) |
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Male |
7,712 (69.1) |
7,312 (68.9) |
296 (78.1) |
104 (64.6) |
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Age in Years (2014) |
.02 |
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<34 |
339 (3.0) |
315 (3.0) |
16 (4.2) |
8 (5.0) |
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34-43 |
3,309 (29.5) |
3,170 (29.7) |
98 (25.8) |
41 (25.5) |
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44-53 |
3,681 (32.9) |
3,521 (33.0) |
110 (28.9) |
50 (31.1) |
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54-63 |
2,933 (26.2) |
2,762 (25.9) |
118 (31.1) |
53 (32.9) |
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64-69 |
940 (8.4) |
893 (8.4) |
38 (10.0) |
9 (5.6) |
Abbreviations: UME, undergraduate medical education.
All variables are categorical and display n (%). Variables were tested using χ2. Due to low expected values (<5) Fischer exact was used to test relocation patterns. Missing values included UME (n=2) and gender (n=45).