Working hours of full-time hospital physicians in Japan: a cross-sectional nationwide survey

Abstract Background The culture of excessively long overtime work in Japan has not been recently addressed. New legislation on working hours, including a limitation on maximum overtime work for physicians, will be enforced in 2024. This study was performed to elucidate the working conditions of full...

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Main Authors: Soichi Koike, Hiroo Wada, Sachiko Ohde, Hiroo Ide, Kenichiro Taneda, Takeshi Tanigawa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2024-01-01
Series:BMC Public Health
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-023-17531-5