[posterchild]

...fewer than 20 percent scored seats at medical schools within the state...

I don't know how that compares with other states but if 80+ percent are originally from out of state I expect a good chunk of them won't stay. Taxes are likely a factor but not the whole story. Few people select their college based on where they plan to live afterwards.

If practicing doctors who've decided to work in NJ and have established practices are now fleeing in greater numbers then that is more likely attributable to a bad business climate.

[BilLies]

Yes, the question is “Where are they going?”