Geographic distribution of primary care physicians in Japan and Britain

Geographic distributions of primary care physicians in Japan and Britain were compared with each other. Regional variation in the number of primary care physicians per unit population was larger in Japan than in Britain. The Gini coefficient of primary care physicians against population in Japan (0....

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Published in:	Health & place Vol. 16; no. 1; pp. 164 - 166
Main Authors:	Matsumoto, Masatoshi, Inoue, Kazuo, Farmer, Jane, Inada, Haruhiko, Kajii, Eiji
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	England Elsevier Ltd 2010
Subjects:	Comparative analysis Demography Doctors England Geographic distribution Great Britain Health inequality Health technology assessment Humans Japan Physicians Physicians - supply & distribution Primary Health Care Regional variations United Kingdom England Japan Great Britain Physicians Primary health care Japan
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Summary:	Geographic distributions of primary care physicians in Japan and Britain were compared with each other. Regional variation in the number of primary care physicians per unit population was larger in Japan than in Britain. The Gini coefficient of primary care physicians against population in Japan (0.1755) was more than twice that observed for Britain (0.0837), indicating a substantially less equal distribution in Japan. The results can probably be explained by differences in the primary care systems of the two countries.
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ISSN:	1353-8292 1873-2054
DOI:	10.1016/j.healthplace.2009.07.005