Table 3.

Characteristics of the counties and facilities where the resident graduates are currently practicing. The “^*” signals respondents who declared to work in more than one type of hospital.

Study ID #	State	County of primary practice site	Type of primary practice site	Emergency department approximate annual volume	Critical access designation by the CMS	Total county population	County population living in rural areas (%)	RUCC	Distance from training site (miles)
1	NE	Douglas	University hospital/academia	60,000		584,526	2	2	721
2	NY	Monroe	Community hospital*	100,000–130,000	NA	759,443	8	1	83
3	NY	Chemung	Community hospital	35,000	NA	84,148	26	3	0
4	FL	Miami Dade	Private hospital	65,000	Yes	2,701,767	1	1	1,154
5	CA	San Bernardino	Private hospital	150,000	NA	2,181,654	5	1	2,238
6	NY	Broome	Community hospital	55,000	NA	198,683	25	3	42
7	IN	Monroe	Community hospital	50,000	Yes	139,718	21	3	546
8	PA	Lycoming	Community hospital	Not sure	NA	114,188	40	3	64
9	PA	Luzerne	Community hospital	Not sure	No	325,594	22	2	90
10	NY	Chemung	Private hospital	37,000	No	84,148	26	3	0
11	IN	Grant County	Community hospital	50,000	No	66,674	39	4	472
12	FL	Hillsborough	Community hospital	37,000	NA	1,459,762	4	1	1,020
13	PA	Bradford	Community hospital	Not sure	Yes	59,967	73	6	17
14	OH	Summit	Community hospital	70,000	NA	540,428	4	2	246
15	CA	San Bernardino	Private hospital	130,000		2,181,654	5	1	2,238
16	AL	Baldwin	Community hospital	28,000–35,000	NA	231,767	38	3	1,014
17	WY	--	Community hospital	4,000	Yes	--	--	--	--
18	NY	Steuben	Community hospital	34,000	No	93,584	60	4	32
19	WA	Spokane	Community hospital*	60,000	NA	539,339	15	2	2,001
20	PA	Lycoming	Private hospital	45,000	No	114,188	40	3	64

CMS, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services; RUCC, Rural-Urban Continuum Codes – Metro/non-metro classification according to the US Department of Agriculture (2023).