According to Hiroshima University, the research group followed up the career paths of 991 doctors from regional boundaries nationwide and doctors who received scholarships from prefectures, and compared and analyzed the distribution of general doctors.

　The percentage of doctors working in cities, towns and villages other than government or core cities is 58.1% for general doctors, while 75.8% for doctors who enrolled in the regional quota and did not receive scholarships, and scholarships without enrolling in the regional quota. 84.0% of doctors received money, and 88.8% of doctors enrolled in regional areas and received scholarships.The number of doctors with experience in regional admission and scholarship supply and demand was high.

　The median population density of working cities, towns and villages is 3,214.0 square kilometers for general doctors, 1,042.4 square kilometers for doctors who enrolled in the regional quota and did not receive the scholarship, and 613.5 square kilometers for doctors who received the scholarship without enrolling in the regional quota. It was found that doctors who enrolled in the area and received scholarships are working in regions with a lower population density of 547.4 square kilometers.This tendency becomes stronger as the years after graduating from university increase.

　The research group believes that "10 years have passed since the establishment of the regional framework, but the regional framework and prefectural scholarships have been effective."

Paper information:[Academic Medicine] Geographic distribution of regional quota graduates of Japanese medical schools: a nationwide cohort study