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Table 4 Descriptive statistics of categorical independent variables, the secondary tier of medical care as a unit of analysis (n = 346)

From: Evaluating the effect of Japan’s 2004 postgraduate training programme on the spatial distribution of physicians

 

1998 to 2002

2006 to 2010

P-value

 

n

(%)

n

(%)

 

Urban centre

26

(7.5)

28

(8.1)

0.677

Suburban

127

(36.7)

130

(37.6)

 

Rural

193

(55.8)

188

(54.3)

 

STMas with at least one medical school

65

(18.79)

65

(18.79)

1.000

  1. aSecondary tier of medical care.