Table 4 Total number and per capita densities of all internal medicine subspecialties and surgical specialties in rural and urban areas between 2001–2008 and 2009–2020
Comparisons between rural and urban physicians | Mean numbers (± SD*) | Mean per capita densities (± SD) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2001–2008 | 2009–2020 | 2001–2008 | 2009–2020 | ||
All internal medicine subspecialties | Rural | 1923.38 (± 110.45) | 2623.67 (± 588.22) | 2.725 (± 0.27) | 3.425 (± 0.72) |
Urban | 10692 (± 514.55) | 15914.67 (± 4908.63) | 12.463 (± 0.54) | 15.867 (± 3.73) | |
Student’s t test, p value | 0.027 | < 0.001 | 0.307 | < 0.001 | |
Difference in differences | β = 700.292, p = 0.579 | β = 0.700, p = 0.473 | |||
All surgical specialties | Rural | 658.13 (± 88.84) | 1128.17 (± 192.45) | 0.988 (± 0.08) | 1.483 (± 0.24) |
Urban | 5657.38 (± 387.09) | 8085.50 (± 2195.90) | 6.638 (± 0.43) | 8.083 (± 1.59) | |
Student’s t test, p value | 0.003 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | |
Difference in differences | β = 470.042, p = 0.408 | β = 0.496, p = 0.241 | |||