Association between hospital internal medicine physician workforce and patient admissions during the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan

Association between hospital internal medicine physician workforce and patient admissions during the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan

Abstract Background Hospital physician workforce in Japan is the lowest among developed countries. Many patients with novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) with high risk of mortality could not be hospitalized during case surges in Japan and only about 5% of total acute care beds were used as CO...

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Main Authors: Seiji Hamada, Takuhiro Moromizato, Masashi Narita, Kiyosu Taniguchi, Kenji Shibuya, Yasuharu Tokuda
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2023-01-01
Series:BMC Health Services Research
Subjects:
Physician shortage
Physician staffing
Patient admission
Ambulance transport
COVID-19
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-023-09043-0

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-023-09043-0

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