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Participants were physicians serving in rural and urban federally designated Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs) in 33 US states participating in the Provider Retention and Information System Management collaborative.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Exposures<\/jats:title>\n Community needs fulfillment (4-item scale; Cronbach \u03b1\u2009=\u20090.74) and community integration (2-item scale; \u03b1\u2009=\u20090.81).<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Main Outcomes and Measures<\/jats:title>\n \n The outcome of interest was anticipated retention beyond 2 years in the current practice. Separate rural and urban logistic regression models estimated independent associations with each exposure scale;\n z<\/jats:italic>\n tests compared \u03b2 coefficients across settings.\n <\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Results<\/jats:title>\n \n Of 2163 physicians emailed invitations, 1174 (54.9%) responded; 1074 physicians (mean [SD] age, 40.6 [6.7] years; 648 [61.8%] female) met inclusion criteria and were analyzed (351 physicians [32.7%] in rural HPSAs, 723 physicians [67.3%] in urban HPSAs). Among these, 265 physicians (75.5%) in rural HPSAs and 515 physicians (71.2%) in urban HPSAs anticipated remaining beyond 2 years (\n P<\/jats:italic>\n \u2009=\u2009.14). In both settings, higher community needs fulfillment and community integration scores were independently associated with anticipated retention. Findings were comparable for the 2 scales among rural HPSA physicians (community needs fulfillment: \u03b2\u2009=\u20090.612 [SE, 0.192]; community integration: \u03b2\u2009=\u20090.578 [SE, 0.156]; Nagelkerke\n R<\/jats:italic>\n 2<\/jats:sup>\n \u2009=\u20090.19) and among urban HPSA physicians (community needs fulfillment: \u03b2\u2009=\u20090.565 [SE, 0.130]; community integration: \u03b2\u2009=\u20090.687 [SE, 0.110];\n R<\/jats:italic>\n 2<\/jats:sup>\n \u2009=\u20090.16). The\n z<\/jats:italic>\n tests showed no significant rural-urban differences for either scale.\n <\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Conclusions and Relevance<\/jats:title>\n In this cross-sectional study of 1074 physicians, community needs fulfillment and community integration were independently and similarly associated with anticipated retention among physicians in rural and urban HPSA practices. 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