Weiskotten survey, class of 1960: a profile of physician location and specialty choice.

This survey is the eighth in a series which has included every fifth American medical school graduating class, starting with the class of 1915. The questionnaire design differed from previous Weiskotten studies and emphasized attitudes towards location information not contained in the American Medical Association Physician Masterfile. Traditional tabular comparisons are focused on contemporary locational policy needs. The findings and methodology of this study are generally similar to those of many earlier studies of both physician location and, in a very limited way, of specialty choice. The paper contains findings on certain characteristics of physicians who move their practice and those who do not. These characteristics have not been contrasted previously in this series.