Table 1 Specialty categories comprising more than one speciality
From: Design and methodology of the Geo-social Analysis of Physicians’ settlement (GAP-Study) in Germany
Category | Speciality |
|---|---|
Surgery | general, vascular, hand, heart, neurological surgery, plastic & aesthetic surgery, special trauma surgery |
General practitioners | General, practical or internal medicine |
Internal medicine | w/o subspecialisation (e.g. cardiology), General practitioners excluded |
Clinical-theoretical medicine | Pathology, neuropathology, human genetics, biochemistry, laboratory medicine, microbiology & infections epidemiology, transfusion medicine |
Neurology/Psychiatry | Neurology, neurology & psychiatry, psychiatry |
Psychotherapy, medical | Psychiatry & psychotherapy, psychotherapeutic medicine, psychosomatic medicine & psychotherapy |
Radiology (in a broader sense) | Radiology, diagnostic radiology, radiological diagnostics, radiotherapy, nuclear medicine |
Others | physical & rehabilitative medicine; mouth, jawbone, face (MJF) surgeons |