Table 1.

Response rates of prefectures and medical schools

Year	Prefectures				Medical schools
	n*	Response rate (%)	Subjects		n*	Response rate (%)	Subjects
			Quota with scholarship	Scholarship alone			Quota alone
2014	36/36	100	144	322	19/19	100	166
2015	45/46	97.8	305	391	22/22	100	253
2016	46/47	97.8	498	340	29/29	100	308
2017	47/47	100	609	376	31/31	100	382

*Both the number of eligible prefectures (medical schools) and that of responded prefectures (medical schools) are shown.