Weighted Percentages* of Administrators’ Perceptions of the Impact of the State Service Program on Their Site’s Ability to Recruit and Retain Clinicians of the Participating Clinician’s Discipline, by the Three Program Types
| Perceived Effects | Total | Solely-State LRPs | State-NHSC LRPs | Forgivable Loan Programs | P Value for Group Differences | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (n = 735) | (n = 396) | (n = 279) | (n = 60) | |||
| Recruitment | ||||||
| In general, how easy or difficult is it for this clinic to recruit this discipline? | % difficult | 66.1% | 63.8% | 71.8% | 52.8% | 0.019 |
| % easy | 14.5% | 16.4% | 11.1% | 18.9% | 0.137 | |
| How much easier or more difficult was it to recruit this clinician because of the state service program? | % easier | 81.7% | 82.2% | 82.3% | 75.0% | 0.53 |
| % more difficult | 3.1% | 3.2% | 3.2% | 2.3% | 0.89 | |
| How much quicker or longer did it take to fill this position because of the state service program | % quicker | 65.4% | 67.3% | 64.3% | 58.3% | 0.53 |
| % longer | 1.1% | 1.5% | 0.8% | 0.0% | 0.31 | |
| How much less or more expensive was it to fill this position because of the state service program? | % less expensive | 34.8% | 34.9% | 35.6% | 29.8% | 0.80 |
| % more expensive | 9.6% | 6.3% | 15.8% | 0.0% | 0.002 | |
| Retention | ||||||
| Do you anticipate that this specific clinician’s participation in the state service program will help her/him remain longer at this practice? | % longer | 78.8% | 78.2% | 82.6% | 62.3% | 0.008 |
| % shorter | 3.0% | 2.3% | 3.5% | 5.7% | 0.47 | |
| In general, do you anticipate that clinicians of this discipline remain longer or shorter in your practice if they participate in this state service program? | % longer | 83.0% | 83.2% | 85.5% | 67.9% | 0.015 |
| % shorter | 1.8% | 1.5% | 2.4% | 0.0% | 0.41 | |
Abbreviations: NHSC, National Health Service Corps; LRP, Loan Repayment Program.
↵* Results from Likert-scaled questionnaire items with 5 response options and a neutral middle value. Weighted percentage figures (e.g., “% easier”) represent the combined weighted percent of subjects reporting the two values at the relevant end of the scale (e.g., weighted % “much easier” combined with weighted % “somewhat easier”).