Finding the measures to counter the shortage and maldistribution of physicians in Japan

本研究的目的是找出日本内科医生工作场所转移的潜在工作特征，并找到应对日本内科医生短缺和分布不均的措施。结果表明，医生在偏远地区工作场所的选择特别受到以下工作特征的影响：服务年限、非工作时间和年收入。这项研究还表明，由于长时间工作，医生已经改变了他们的专业。改善这些工作特征将有效解决医生短缺和分布不均的问题。

The objective of this study is to identify potential job characteristics for the workplace shift of Japanese internal medicine physicians, and to find the measures to counter the shortage and maldistribution of physicians in Japan. The results suggested that physicians' choice of workplaces in a remote area was particularly influenced by the following job characteristics: years of service, out of hours work, and annual income. This study also showed that physicians have changed their specialty due in large part to working long hours. Improving these job characteristics will be effective for addressing the shortage and maldistribution of physicians.