Aging of hospital physicians in rural Japan: A longitudinal study based on national census data.

BACKGROUND:The disparity in the number of urban and rural physicians is a social problem in Japan. There may also be a disparity in the age of physicians. This study longitudinally examines both geographic and age distributions of physicians. METHODS:Individual data from the Survey of Physicians, De...

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Main Authors: Masatoshi Matsumoto, Kazuki Kimura, Kazuo Inoue, Saori Kashima, Soichi Koike, Susumu Tazuma
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5983464?pdf=render