Physicians in service to the underserved: an analysis of the practice locations of alumni of Western University of Health Sciences College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific, 1982-1995
| Autor: | J Cody, G M Gugelchuk |
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| Rok vydání: | 1999 |
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Service (business)
Male medicine.medical_specialty business.industry Professional Practice Location Specialty Ethnic group Medically Underserved Area General Medicine Primary care Osteopathic medicine in the United States California Education Asian americans Education Medical Graduate Family medicine Physicians medicine Humans Female business Osteopathic Medicine Schools Medical Biomedical sciences Retrospective Studies |
| Zdroj: | Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges. 74(5) |
| ISSN: | 1040-2446 |
| Popis: | PURPOSE To determine how many osteopathic medical graduates (DOs) of the Western University of Health Sciences were practicing in underserved communities. METHOD Practice address information was available for 765 of the 850 practicing DO alumni who had graduated from the University from 1982 through 1995. Alumni were categorized as practicing in underserved areas or not, following federally established guidelines; they were also categorized by gender, ethnicity, and medical specialty. RESULTS Overall, 20.9% of these 765 alumni were practicing in underserved communities. The percentages of alumni practicing in underserved communities by gender, ethnicity, and specialty were: men, 20.9%; women, 21.0%; Caucasians, 20.5%; Asian Americans, 18.0%; African Americans, 25.0%; Hispanic Americans, 32.1%; Native Americans, 33.3%; primary care physicians, 20.9%; and non-primary care physicians, 20.9%. CONCLUSIONS Approximately one in five practicing DO alumni of Western University was practicing in an underserved area. Examining these data by sex, ethnicity, and practice specialization suggested only weak associations between subgroup membership and practice in an underserved area. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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