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Table 1 Areas of specialization of all specialists in Iceland and of specialists in our study, March 2010

From: The impact of economic factors on migration considerations among Icelandic specialist doctors: a cross-sectional study

Specialty

Our sample

All specialists in Iceland

General practice/family medicine

100 (23.9%)

173 (20.4%)

Internal medicine

161 (38.4%)

308 (36.4%)

Surgery/gynaecology

91 (21.7%)

224 (26.5%)

Psychiatry

32 (7.6%)

68 (8.0%)

Laboratory, community medicine, administration, and other stated specialty

35 (8.3% )

73 (8.7%)

Sub-total*

419 (100%)

846 (100%)

Total specialists, including those with specialty not indicated

467

846

  1. *48 specialists did not indicate their specialty, but only noted the type of facility (such as hospital or general practice).