Table 1 Characteristics of the study subjects (n = 282,308)
From: Board certification and urban–rural migration of physicians in Japan
2012 Survey | 2014 Survey | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Sex, n, % | ||||
Male | 228,024 | 80.8 | 228,024 | 80.8 |
Female | 54,284 | 19.2 | 54,284 | 19.2 |
Years of experience, n, % | ||||
0–14 | 97,825 | 34.7 | 85,298 | 30.2 |
15–29 | 104,459 | 37.0 | 102,904 | 36.5 |
30–44 | 60,221 | 21.3 | 67,965 | 24.1 |
≥ 45 | 19,803 | 7.0 | 26,141 | 9.3 |
Workplace, n, % | ||||
Tertile 1 (Rural) | 11,151 | 3.9 | 11,168 | 4.0 |
Tertile 2 (Intermediate) | 62,421 | 22.1 | 62,064 | 22.0 |
Tertile 3 (Urban) | 208,736 | 73.9 | 209,076 | 74.1 |
Institution type, n, % | ||||
Hospital | 178,916 | 63.4 | 173,779 | 61.6 |
Clinic or other | 103,392 | 36.6 | 108,529 | 38.4 |
Area of board certification, n, % | ||||
Any general area of board certification | 115,898 | 41.1 | 123,822 | 43.9 |
General internal medicine | 14,142 | 5.0 | 15,668 | 5.5 |
Dermatology | 4787 | 1.7 | 5049 | 1.8 |
Pediatrics | 11,656 | 4.1 | 12,347 | 4.4 |
Surgery | 19,400 | 6.9 | 20,171 | 7.1 |
Urology | 5349 | 1.9 | 5648 | 2.0 |
Neurosurgery | 5993 | 2.1 | 6341 | 2.2 |
Orthopedics | 14,206 | 5.0 | 15,048 | 5.3 |
Plastic surgery | 1666 | 0.6 | 1912 | 0.7 |
Ophthalmology | 8720 | 3.1 | 8980 | 3.2 |
Otorhinolaryngology | 6939 | 2.5 | 7212 | 2.6 |
Obstetrics and gynecology | 9545 | 3.4 | 10,223 | 3.6 |
Rehabilitation | 2342 | 0.8 | 2359 | 0.8 |
Radiology | 4880 | 1.7 | 5306 | 1.9 |
Anesthesiology | 5766 | 2.0 | 6415 | 2.3 |
Pathology | 1676 | 0.6 | 1826 | 0.6 |
Acute medicine | 2834 | 1.0 | 3264 | 1.2 |
Psychiatry | n.a. | 8331 | 3.0 | |
Laboratory medicine | n.a. | n.a. | ||
General practice | n.a. | n.a. | ||