Ahead of the start of work style reform for doctors from April this year, employment information companies and other organizations conducted an attitude survey and found that more than 30% of doctors were worried about their income.
Regarding the work style of doctors, ``work style reform'' will begin this April, under which upper limits on holidays and overtime work will be applied to doctors who treat patients based on the Labor Standards Act.
The survey was conducted by employment information company Recruit Medical Career and others among practicing physicians who registered on a physician community site in October last year, and collected responses from 1,782 people.
According to the survey, when asked whether doctors' work style reform would have an impact on their income, 32.2% answered ``It will have an impact, and it is expected to decrease.''
When asked about factors with multiple answers, more than half (58.3%) believed that ``actual working hours remain unchanged, but income decreases due to an increase in unpaid overtime'', indicating that long working hours can be improved while maintaining the medical system. I understand that there are concerns and concerns.
When asked whether they expected long working hours to be improved, 39.6% of respondents said they were "undecided," and 32.4% said they were "hopeful."
Recruit Medical Career, which conducted the survey, said, ``There are differences in responses depending on the medical institution, but work style reform should be implemented at all medical institutions.We hope that the industry as a whole will be able to realize work style reform in the true sense of the word. "We would like to support them."