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Table 1 Demographics and characteristics of subjects categorized according to school’s year of establishment and funding sourcesa

From: Differences in medical schools’ regional retention of physicians by school type and year of establishment: effect of new schools built under government policy

Year of establishment

Pre-1970

Post-1970

 

Funding source (n)

Public

(n = 73,500)

Private

(n = 29,758)

Public

(n = 33,943)

Private

(n = 31,393)

p value*

Sex (male)

81.0

74.2

74.9

74.5

<0.001

Experience

     

 3–5 years

7.3

7.0

7.9

7.5

<0.001

 6–10 years

15.4

15.5

16.2

15.2

 

 11–20 years

38.5

39.3

39.5

39.9

 

 ≥21 years

38.8

38.2

36.4

37.4

 

Physicians in private practice

14.5

24.3

15.7

31.9

<0.001

Location (prefecture with densely populated citiesb)

56.5

93.7

13.7

78.8

<0.001

  1. aData are reported as proportions of participants
  2. bMedical schools located within prefectures that include municipalities of more than 700,000 residents
  3. * p values for chi-square tests for four categories