| Title |
The Impact of Japan's 2004 Postgraduate Training Program on Intra-Prefectural Distribution of Pediatricians in Japan
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|---|---|
| Published in |
PLOS ONE, October 2013
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0077045 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Rie Sakai, Wei Wang, Norihiro Yamaguchi, Hiroshi Tamura, Rei Goto, Ichiro Kawachi |
| Abstract |
Inequity in physician distribution poses a challenge to many health systems. In Japan, a new postgraduate training program for all new medical graduates was introduced in 2004, and researchers have argued that this program has increased inequalities in physician distribution. We examined the trends in the geographic distribution of pediatricians as well as all physicians from 1996 to 2010 to identify the impact of the launch of the new training program. |
X Demographics
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 1 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 1 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 23 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Japan | 2 | 9% |
| Unknown | 21 | 91% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 5 | 22% |
| Student > Master | 4 | 17% |
| Professor > Associate Professor | 4 | 17% |
| Researcher | 3 | 13% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 3 | 13% |
| Other | 3 | 13% |
| Unknown | 1 | 4% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 10 | 43% |
| Social Sciences | 5 | 22% |
| Economics, Econometrics and Finance | 2 | 9% |
| Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 1 | 4% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 1 | 4% |
| Other | 1 | 4% |
| Unknown | 3 | 13% |