Table 2.
Factors Associated With Increased County-Level Mobility (Nonretention) of Rural Primary Care Physicians
| Factor | β Estimate (95% CI)a |
|---|---|
| Primary care physician supply (PPR per 1,000 residents) | −6.70 (−8.66 to −4.75)b |
| RUCC category | |
| 4 or 5 | −4.50 (−6.21 to −2.78)b |
| 6 or 7 | −3.09 (−4.64 to −1.54)b |
| No hospital in county | 5.74 (3.78 to 7.67)b |
| Long work commute (%) | −0.001 (−0.055 to 0.053) |
| Population uninsured (%) | 0.084 (−0.089 to 0.256) |
| Median house price (per $100,000) | −0.163 (−0.953 to 0.627) |
| Unemployment rate (%) | 0.160 (−0.083 to 0.403) |
| Population aged ≥65 years (%) | −0.082 (−0.216 to 0.052) |
| Population race/ethnicity (%) | |
| Non-Hispanic African American | 0.014 (−0.032 to 0.060) |
| Hispanic | 0.029 (−0.022 to 0.081) |
| Adjacent to metropolitan | −0.080 (−0.927 to 0.767) |
PPR = primary care physician–to-population ratio; RUCC = Rural-Urban Continuum Code.
a
Outcome measure is a score between 0 and 100 (eg, 20 = 20% nonretention).
b
P <.01.
Notes: The number of observations was 1,797. The R2 value was 0.25.