Denslow J S, Hosokawa M C, Campbell J D, Roberts C R, Samuels M E
J Med Educ. 1984 Aug;59(8):655-61. doi: 10.1097/00001888-198408000-00006.
Physician distribution continues as a major national issue despite the projected oversupply of physicians by 1990. Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine (KCOM) in Kirksville, Missouri, has a high percentage of its graduates going into rural primary care. In this study of physicians who graduated from KCOM from 1930 to 1974, the authors sought to identify the factors influencing physicians to select rural primary care. The size of the physician's hometown, KCOM curricular experiences, and faculty role models were the most important factors influencing a physician to select rural primary care. While these findings are similar to other studies, this is the first to examine osteopathic medicine.
尽管预计到1990年医生会供过于求，但医生分布仍然是一个主要的全国性问题。位于密苏里州柯克斯维尔的柯克斯维尔整骨医学院（KCOM）有很大比例的毕业生从事农村初级保健工作。在这项对1930年至1974年从KCOM毕业的医生的研究中，作者试图确定影响医生选择农村初级保健的因素。医生家乡的规模、KCOM的课程经历以及教师榜样是影响医生选择农村初级保健的最重要因素。虽然这些发现与其他研究相似，但这是第一项对整骨医学进行研究的。
