Hassinger E W, Gill L S, Hobbs D J, Hageman R L
Med Care. 1979 Dec;17(12):1196-206. doi: 10.1097/00005650-197912000-00003.
The study examines changes in location of osteopathic and medical doctors in a 20-county area of rural Missouri over a 14-year period. Losses of osteopathic physicians were greater than medical doctors. However, there was a convergence over the 14-year period in background characteristics of the two types of physicians. The finding of greater spatial mobility of DOs is placed in the context of professional mobility of osteopathy. It is also argued that as practice opportunities for DOs increase, background factors associated with early socialization become more influential in choice of practice sites. The relationship of practice opportunities to choice of practice sites can be extended to foreign medical school graduates and "new health practitioners."
该研究调查了密苏里州农村地区20个县在14年期间整骨医生和医学博士的分布变化。整骨医生的流失比医学博士更为严重。然而，在这14年期间，这两类医生的背景特征出现了趋同。整骨医生更大的空间流动性这一发现是在整骨疗法的职业流动性背景下得出的。研究还认为，随着整骨医生的执业机会增加，与早期社会化相关的背景因素在执业地点选择中变得更具影响力。执业机会与执业地点选择之间的关系可以扩展到外国医学院校毕业生和“新的健康从业者”。
