Dial T H, Elliott P R
J Med Educ. 1987 Apr;62(4):316-24. doi: 10.1097/00001888-198704000-00003.
Discriminant functions analyses of data from the 1983 survey of senior medical students by the Association of American Medical Colleges showed that the effects of scholarships must be taken into account when assessing the influence of indebtedness on medical students' career choices. Receipt of a federal scholarship, type of medical school attended (public or private), marital status, sex, and receipt of a nonfederal scholarship were found to be more powerful than indebtedness as predictors of whether the students preferred primary care or nonprimary care specialties. Receipt of a federal scholarship, type of school attended, and sex were found to be more powerful than indebtedness as predictors of whether the students preferred private clinical practice, salaried clinical practice in a hospital or clinic, salaried clinical practice in a public agency, or a nonclinical career. Indebtedness was found not to be a predictor of willingness to locate in a socioeconomically deprived area.
美国医学院协会对1983年高年级医学生进行的调查数据的判别函数分析表明，在评估债务对医学生职业选择的影响时，必须考虑奖学金的作用。研究发现，作为预测学生是倾向于初级保健专业还是非初级保健专业的因素，获得联邦奖学金、就读医学院的类型（公立或私立）、婚姻状况、性别以及获得非联邦奖学金比债务更具影响力。作为预测学生是倾向于私人临床执业、在医院或诊所的带薪临床执业、在公共机构的带薪临床执业还是非临床职业的因素，获得联邦奖学金、就读学校的类型和性别比债务更具影响力。研究发现，债务并不是愿意在社会经济贫困地区工作的预测因素。
