Is there a doctor in the house? Availability of Israeli physicians to the workforce

Table 3 Percent distribution of employed physicians by number of weekly work- hours, gender and age (2008 Census)

	Number of employed physicians	Number of weekly work-hours
	Number of employed physicians	1–20	21–40	41–60	61+	Unknown
Total physicians	23,818	5	26	45	15	9
Gender
Male	14,072	4	19	47	19	11
Female	9724	6	36	41	10	7
Age group
25–44	8127	2	19	44	24	11
45–64	13,668	2	28	49	12	9
65–69	1010	17	42	26	5	11
65+	2000	35	38	16	4	8
70+	990	53	33	6	3	6

The data were obtained by cross-linking the MoH physician registry and the Census data

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