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Table 6 Rate of specialists from all Israeli specialists in selected fields, living abroad, to age 69 (20l2)

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

Field of specialty

Total Number of specialists

Living abroad (%)

Clinical microbiology/ Clinical chemistry

14

..

Anesthesiology

548

14.8

Pediatrics

1390

9.1

Psychiatry

953

7.6

General surgery

545

7.3

Pediatric intensive care

50

10.0

Pediatric cardiology

43

..

Oncology

168

8.3

Neonatology

135

5.2

Obstetrics/Gynecology

1154

5.9

Physiatry and Rehabilitation medicine

131

..

Family medicine

1647

3.0

Pediatric surgery

55

..

Geriatrics

283

..

Child and adolescent psychiatry

202

11.6

  1. The data were obtained by cross-linking the MoH physician registry and the population registry