Variables | Data sources |
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Current workforce in baseline year (2008) | The number of physician reported by the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare in 2008 |
Medical school quota (current) | Bulletin about scheme of increases medical school quota |
Pass rate at the national examination | Announcement about national examination for medical doctors |
Career option rate | The school basic survey carried out by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, & Technology |
Retirement rates | We set the constant rate from trend data for the numbers of physicans reported by the MHLW |
(include: death, change of speciality) | |
Population projection in Japan | Population projection for Japan |
(National Institute of Population and Social Security Research) | |
Selection speciality rates | Questionnaire survey about clinical training in 2010 |