Geographical distribution of family physicians in Japan: a nationwide cross-sectional study

BMC Primary Care

Table 2 Workplace municipalities of board-certified physicians ages 30 to 49, classified by municipality type

		Municipality type ^a			Total
		Metropolis^a	City^b	Town/village^c
Family physicians	N	194**⁻	260**⁺	65**⁺	519
Family physicians	%	37.4%	50.1%	12.5%	100.0%
General internists	N	7299	4194	454	11,947
General internists	%	61.1%	35.1%	3.8%	100.0%
Surgeons	N	6928	4167	475	11,570
Surgeons	%	59.9%	36.0%	4.1%	100.0%
Obstetricians and gynaecologists	N	3299**⁻	1811*⁻	158**⁻	5268
Obstetricians and gynaecologists	%	62.6%	34.4%	3.0%	100.0%
Paediatricians	N	4164	2493	262	6919
Paediatricians	%	60.2	36.0	3.8	100.0%
All physicians^d	N	81,794	49,858	5935	137,587
All physicians^d	%	59.4	36.2	4.3	100.0%

^a Metropolis: all the ordinance-designated cities (seirei-shitei-toshi and chukaku-shi) and 23 special wards of Tokyo (ku) (n = 97)
^bCity: the other cities (shi) (n = 717)
^cTown/village: towns (cho) and villages (son) (n = 923)
^dAll physicians were not included in the residual analysis
Residual analysis based on chi square test which examines the difference between the real and expected value at each cell.
*⁺: greater than expected value. P < 0.05
**⁺: greater than expected value. P < 0.001
*⁻: less than expected value. P < 0.05
**⁻: less than expected value. P < 0.001

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