Distribution of labor force for ophthalmologists: impact of female ophthalmologist' turnover

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24590817
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Public health/Health science
• Research Institution: Juntendo University
• Principal Investigator: ONO Koichi 順天堂大学, 医学部, 准教授 (10317399)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): Murakami Akira 順天堂大学, 医学部, 教授 (90157743) ; Seimiya Tamihiko 順天堂大学, 医学部, 助教 (60384088)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): Hiratsuka Yoshimune 国立保健医療科学院, 医療・福祉サービス研究部, 上席主任研究員 (80266014)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 眼科 / 医師 / 分布 / 労働力 / 離職

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Geographical distribution of Ophthalmologists was analyzed using the data from Japanese Ophthalmological Society (JOS) list. More female physicians are reported to leave for clinical works. After checking the working place using the JOS list and government database, we calculate the labor power for each ophthalmologist controlling for age, sex, and qualification as ophthalmologist. Females ophthalmologists left for clinical works 2.54 (95% confidence interval: 2.32-2.80) times higher than males. Gini coefficient based on primary medical care zone was 0.382 for ophthalmologists, and 0.374 after controlling for described parameters.

Free Research Field

眼科