Table 3

Measures of mal-distribution obtained by excluding medical interns from calculation

Gini coefficient

Atkinson index

Theil index

All physicians

0.3306

0.0956

0.2167

Physicians (excluding medical interns)

0.3177

0.0888

0.2007

Three measures of mal-distribution in 2006 were compared with measures of mal-distribution that were calculated with exclusion of medical interns from the number of physicians.

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