Conversely, for the following years, the expected number of registered physicians, as estimated on the basis of the current number of students' inscriptions, will exceed the authorized quotas.
Current disability status, motivation to get better, belief in their physician, satisfaction with their current medications, and current number of painful joints affect patients' decision to modify therapy [ 33].
Current number of records: 735 000.
Our estimation showed that, even with the medical school enrollment capacity set at the current level, the number of physicians per 1000 population will continue to increase from 2.2 (total number: 277,900) in 2006, reaching 3.0 (total number: 343,400) in 2032 and later 3.2 (total number: 348,400) in 2036, which is a 46% increase from the 2006 level.
At the current medical school enrollment capacity, the number of physicians per population is expected to continue to increase because of the skewed age distribution of physicians and the declining population in Japan.
Similar to most qualitative research in rare diseases, conclusions drawn from the current study are based on a small sample size, particularly with respect to the number of physicians interviewed.
If the percentage of female physicians continues to increase, the overall number of physicians will not be significantly affected, but in specialties with current very low female physician participation rates, such as surgery, the total number of physicians is expected to decline significantly.
The mode of the number of physicians missing the finding was 2, but many oversights were missed by many physicians.
Still, he said, "A number of physicians were directly involved in the passage of the bill, and two physicians actually co-authored the law".
