Objectives: To provide an understanding of the decision-making process that rural
physicians and their families undergo when they decide to relocate and to draw implications …

Primary care physicians provide a variety of health services to rural areas1, 2 and contribute
to the health and well-being of rural residents and communities. 3 Yet, health care is a …

Objective: Identify the most important factors associated with choosing rural medical
practice. Design: Cross‐sectional design using a web survey to collect quantitative and …

Retention of rural doctors remains difficult because of complex factors that influence
decisions of medical families. This study explores the reasons why Queensland rural doctors …

Results: Sixty-two physicians were interviewed and 105 communities profiled. Of the
physicians interviewed, 21 noted that the ability to practise full-scope family medicine and …

Context: The retention of rural physicians is a difficult phenomenon to study because job
changes–the outcome of interest–take years to unfold. One common way to study retention …

Background: This paper examines factors influencing physicians' decisions to practise in
rural communities as well as the results of a programme focused on rural recruitment and …

Introduction: Although a large portion of the Canadian population lives in rural areas, there
remains a deficit in the number of family physicians serving these populations. We explored …

Context: Much research attention has focused on medical students', residents', and
physicians' decisions to join a rural practice, but far fewer studies have examined retention …

Rural communities and policy‐makers struggle with efforts to enhance the retention of rural
physicians. Research available to guide these efforts is often weak methodologically and …