Variable | Key assumptions |
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New medical graduates | Only domestic students are counted. The number of medical school graduates is equal to the government's medical student quota. |
The probability that practitioners die | Practitioners die according to death probabilities calculated using the Complete Life Table. |
Pass rate for Japanese national examination for medical practitioners | Pass rates remain constant at the rate achieved in the last decade (2000-2009). |
Male/female ratio of new medical graduates | Male/female ratios of new medical graduates remain constant at the ratio seen in the last decade (2000-2009). |