Megan E Paul, Victoria L Tseng, Ken Kitayama, Fei Yu, Anne L Coleman
Evaluating Discrepancies in Self-Reported Glaucoma and Electronic Health Records in the National Institutes of Health All of Us Database
Ophthalmology. Glaucoma
aim study clarify compare socioeconomic backgrounds medical students health professions nonhealth faculty students era increasing inequity japanese society quantitative nationwide study data collected crosssectional webbased anonymous questionnaire data years 3 4 medical health professions nonhealth faculty students across japan collected 2021 participants 1991 students medical schools 224 dental 419 pharmacy 326 nursing 144 health professions 207 nonhealth faculties proportion highincome families 18 million yen ca us140 000 among medical students 256 higher pharmacy 87 nursing students 41 p001 onethird medical students physician parent common nonmedical students p001 students applied public medical schools regional quota chiikiwaku students scholarship lower family income physician parents compared applied private medical schools p001 still higher physician parents compared nonmedical students p001 logistic regression revealed physician parent p001 aspiring present profession elementary school p001 private upper secondary school graduation p001 predicted likelihood studying medicine regional differences backgrounds among medical students 80 medical students urban backgrounds intended work urban localities graduation study provides evidence medical students japan hail urban higher income classes physicians families finding implications health workforce maldistribution japan widening diversity medical students essential solving physician workforce issues meeting broad healthcare needs