Mick S S, Worobey J L
Med Care. 1984 Nov;22(11):1014-25. doi: 10.1097/00005650-198411000-00004.
A 9-year follow-up study of a national probability sample (n = 865) of foreign medical graduates (FMGs) and United States medical graduates (USMGs) who were house officers in United States hospitals in 1973-1974 reveals that more than three fourths of the alien FMGs were located in the United States in 1983. FMGs were distributed disproportionately across United States census regions (P less than 0.001), specialty areas (P = 0.071), and type of position (P = 0.059). Neither the switching of specialty areas nor the changing among United States census regions was significantly different for FMGs and USMGs. Census regions with net gains of FMGs over the 9-year period included the Pacific, South Atlantic, and West South Central regions, areas with either proportionately higher 1973-1974 USMG concentrations or net USMG gains. The results suggest a gradual assimilation of FMGs into the American medical system from an initial position different than that of USMGs.
一项针对1973 - 1974年在美国医院担任住院医师的外国医学毕业生（FMG）和美国医学毕业生（USMG）的全国概率样本（n = 865）进行的9年随访研究表明，1983年超过四分之三的外国FMG仍在美国。FMG在美国人口普查区域（P < 0.001）、专业领域（P = 0.071）和职位类型（P = 0.059）中的分布不均衡。FMG和USMG在专业领域的转换以及在美国人口普查区域之间的变动均无显著差异。在这9年期间FMG有净增长的人口普查区域包括太平洋地区、南大西洋地区和西中南部地区，这些地区要么在1973 - 1974年USMG的集中度相对较高，要么有USMG的净增长。结果表明，FMG正从一个与USMG不同的初始位置逐渐融入美国医疗体系。
