Researchers relied on data from the 2008 Health Tracking Physician Survey to determine a possible association between medical graduate status and career satisfaction. The data set included 1,890 primary care physicians.
Their analysis showed U.S. medical graduates were much more (82.3 percent) satisfied with their primary care careers than international medical graduates (75.7 percent). This difference held true after adjusting for factors such as physician characteristics and practice environment.
The researchers could not determine factors that contribute to the difference in career satisfaction.
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