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Table 1 Description of statistical sample

From: Does salary affect the choice of residency in non-university teaching hospitals? A panel analysis of Japan Residency Matching Programme data

 

2006

2009

P-value

Variable

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

 

Ratio of the number of applicants to programme quota

0.71

0.68

0.68

0.59

0.24

Salary (million yen, per 2 years)

9.08

2.00

10.11

2.24

<0.001

Number of teaching physicians (persons per 100 beds)

10.4

3.1

10.4

3.7

0.92

Number of hospital beds

433

173

424

167

<0.001

Average number of inpatients (persons per day)

375

153

348

148

<0.001

Closed programme within a single institution (closed programme=1)

0.27

0.45

0.14

0.34

<0.001

Average number of emergency patients (persons per day per 10 beds)

0.92

0.58

0.92

0.96

0.91

  1. Number of hospitals = 475.