Equal access to high-quality health services in all geographic areas at an affordable cost is the nation's primary health-policy objective. Attainment requires an adequate supply of physicians in each specialty, an equitable geographic distribution of physicians related to population density, and mechanisms for financial payment that do not deny needed services for any reason.The personal and professional factors affecting the selection of a geographic area in which to practice are numerous. The personal factors include the economic, social, cultural, and psychological background of the individual and spouse and the life style that they prefer — the potential income, the . . .
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Alvin R. Tarlov (1980) studied this question.