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Table 2 Study population by 2013 Ontario primary practice location (n = 535)

From: Impact of the rural pipeline in medical education: practice locations of recently graduated family physicians in Ontario

Location

Percentage of physicians in each location by medical school category (n)*

Total by location (n)

NOSM/NOSM

NOSM/Other

Other/NOSM

Other/Other

Rural north

25.0 (9)⬆

0

0

2.4 (11)⬇

3.7 (20)

Rural south

8.3 (3)

28.6 (4)⬆

5.9 (1)

7.9 (37)

8.4 (45)

Urban north

63.9 (23)⬆

7.1 (1)

70.6 (12)⬆

1.9 (9)⬇

8.4 (45)

Urban south

2.8 (1)⬇

64.3 (9)

23.5 (4)⬇

87.8 (411)⬆

79.4 (425)

Total by medical school

100 (36)

100 (14)

100 (17)

100 (468)

100 (535)

  1. Arrow indicates that the observed count was significantly higher (⬆) or lower (⬇) than the expected count based on adjusted residuals
  2. *Fisher’s exact test = 206.225; p < 0.001