Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health

The Korean Society for Preventive Medicine (대한예방의학회)
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Distribution of active physicians and their working areas after 10 years of graduation

의과대학 졸업 10년 후 활동의사의 출신대학별 근무지역과 지역별 출신대학 분포

  • Yu, Seung-Hum (Dept. of Preventive Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine) ;
  • Sohn, Tae-Yong (Dept. of Health Service Administration, Yuhan Junior College) ;
  • Oh, Hyohn-Joo (Dept. of Public Health, The Graduate School of Yonsei University)
  • 유승흠 (연세대학교 의과대학 예방의학교실) ;
  • 손태용 (유한전문대 의무행정과) ;
  • 오현주 (연세대학교 대학원 보건학과)
  • Published : 1996.09.01
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Abstract

The geographical distribution of active physicians who graduated from medical schools before 1985 were studied. Those who had emigrated, hold non-medical jobs, are in the military service, or work as public health physicians and resident staff were excluded from the study. A total of 27,728 physicians were analyzed. Our studies have shown a relationship between the location of the medical schools from the which the physicians have graduated and the geographical regions in which they practice. A statistically significant number of physicians are working near the medical colleges from which they have graduated. That is, those who had graduated from medical schools located in the southern area of the country are presently working in the same region. This relationship was shown to be especially significant for older physicians and female doctors, who work around the area of the medical colleges from which they graduated.

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