Educational and geographic career pathways of rural vs. urban hospital administrators

A Washington state survey has provided information on hospital administrators' academic backgrounds and geographic career patterns. Some 93% of urban respondents reported having advanced degrees, compared to 74% of rural respondents. The survey's results provide little evidence that administrators see rural positions as a means of advancing to urban careers.
Summary Information on academic and geographic career patterns was obtained through a survey of 93 urban and rural hospital administrators in the State of Washington in 1990 (90 percent response [...]