Facilitators and barriers to physicians' entrepreneurial ventures in major Japanese cities: A qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Japanese healthcare system currently faces numerous challenges, including a super-aging society and an excessive burden on medical workers; therefore, the need for innovative solutions from healthcare ventures to tackle these issues has increased. Meanwhile, as physicians play important roles in healthcare ventures, the need for Japanese physician entrepreneurs is more important than ever. Given the lack of research examining barriers to physicians starting ventures and what skills, knowledge, and surrounding environments act as facilitators, this study aimed to identify the facilitators and barriers faced by physicians to start ventures.

Methods

Between September and November 2019 and in May 2021, qualitative interviews were conducted with 33 participants, wh

SUBMITTER: Yashiro D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8550390 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature