Table 2 Urban–rural migration of physicians from 2012 to 2014
From: Board certification and urban–rural migration of physicians in Japan
Municipality type in 2014 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tertile 1 (rural) | Tertile 2 (intermediate) | Tertile 3 (urban) | Total | ||
A Total (n = 282,308) | |||||
Municipality type in 2012 | Tertile 1 (rural) | 9270 | 839 | 1042 | 11,151 |
83.1% | 7.5% | 9.3% | 100.0% | ||
Tertile 2 (intermediate) | 856 | 54,581 | 6984 | 62,421 | |
1.4% | 87.4% | 11.2% | 100.0% | ||
Tertile 3 (urban) | 1042 | 6644 | 201,050 | 208,736 | |
0.5% | 3.2% | 96.3% | 100.0% | ||
Total | 11,168 | 62,064 | 209,076 | 282,308 | |
4.0% | 22.0% | 74.1% | 100.0% | ||
B Newly board certified (n = 18,726) | |||||
Municipality type in 2012 | Tertile 1 (rural) | 393 | 72 | 143 | 608 |
64.6% | 11.8% | 23.5% | 100.0% | ||
Tertile 2 (intermediate) | 72 | 3026 | 870 | 3968 | |
1.8% | 76.3% | 21.9% | 100.0% | ||
Tertile 3 (urban) | 107 | 608 | 13,435 | 14,150 | |
0.8% | 4.3% | 94.9% | 100.0% | ||
Total | 572 | 3706 | 14,448 | 18,726 | |
3.1% | 19.8% | 77.2% | 100.0% | ||
C Remaining board certified (n = 105,096) | |||||
Municipality type in 2012 | Tertile 1 (rural) | 2856 | 195 | 212 | 3263 |
87.5% | 6.0% | 6.5% | 100.0% | ||
Tertile 2 (intermediate) | 172 | 20,978 | 1711 | 22,861 | |
0.8% | 91.8% | 7.5% | 100.0% | ||
Tertile 3 (urban) | 209 | 1685 | 77,078 | 78,972 | |
0.3% | 2.1% | 97.6% | 100.0% | ||
Total | 3237 | 22,858 | 79,001 | 105,096 | |
3.1% | 21.7% | 75.2% | 100.0% | ||
D Lost board certification (n = 10,802) | |||||
Municipality type in 2012 | Tertile 1 (rural) | 359 | 28 | 32 | 419 |
85.7% | 6.7% | 7.6% | 100.0% | ||
Tertile 2 (intermediate) | 39 | 2114 | 217 | 2370 | |
1.6% | 89.2% | 9.2% | 100.0% | ||
Tertile 3 (urban) | 49 | 249 | 7715 | 8013 | |
0.6% | 3.1% | 96.3% | 100.0% | ||
Total | 447 | 2391 | 7964 | 10,802 | |
4.1% | 22.1% | 73.7% | 100.0% | ||
E Remaining without board certification (n = 147,684) | |||||
Municipality type in 2012 | Tertile 1 (rural) | 5662 | 544 | 655 | 6861 |
82.5% | 7.9% | 9.5% | 100.0% | ||
Tertile 2 (intermediate) | 573 | 28,463 | 4186 | 33,222 | |
1.7% | 85.7% | 12.6% | 100.0% | ||
Tertile 3 (urban) | 677 | 4102 | 102,822 | 107,601 | |
0.6% | 3.8% | 95.6% | 100.0% | ||
Total | 6912 | 33,109 | 107,663 | 147,684 | |
4.0% | 22.0% | 74.1% | 100.0% | ||