Title |
Motives for early retirement of self-employed GPs in the Netherlands: a comparison of two time periods
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Published in |
BMC Health Services Research, December 2012
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DOI | 10.1186/1472-6963-12-467 |
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Authors |
Malou Van Greuningen, Phil JM Heiligers, Lud FJ Van der Velden |
Abstract |
The high cost of training and the relatively long period of training for physicians make it beneficial to stimulate physicians to retire later. Therefore, a better understanding of the link between the factors influencing the decision to retire and actual turnover would benefit policies designed to encourage later retirement. This study focuses on actual GP turnover and the determining factors for this in the Netherlands. The period 2003-2007 saw fewer GPs retiring from general practice than the period 1998-2002. In addition, GPs' retirement age was higher in 2003-2007. For these two periods, we analysed work perception, objective workload and reasons for leaving, and related these with the probability that GPs would leave general practice at an early age. |
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United States | 1 | 50% |
Unknown | 1 | 50% |
Demographic breakdown
Type | Count | As % |
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Members of the public | 2 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
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Switzerland | 1 | 2% |
Unknown | 47 | 98% |
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Student > Master | 12 | 25% |
Student > Ph. D. Student | 6 | 13% |
Researcher | 5 | 10% |
Student > Bachelor | 5 | 10% |
Student > Doctoral Student | 4 | 8% |
Other | 11 | 23% |
Unknown | 5 | 10% |
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Psychology | 12 | 25% |
Medicine and Dentistry | 9 | 19% |
Business, Management and Accounting | 7 | 15% |
Social Sciences | 5 | 10% |
Computer Science | 2 | 4% |
Other | 4 | 8% |
Unknown | 9 | 19% |