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Table 4 Expected and actual physician retirement age

From: A systematic review of physician retirement planning

 

50–59 years

60–69 years

>70 years

“Never”

Expected retirement age

Burke [76]

Eagles [30]

Luce [7]

Fletcher [38]

Mears [41]

Goldberg [57]

Sansom [28]

Anderson [37]

Dietch [48]

Dodds [46]

Farley [39]

Florence [81]

Grondin [61]

Mears [41]

French [36]

French [23]

Gee [82]

Pit [45]

Rayburn [31]

Shanafelt [53]

Smith [91]

Wakeford [18]

Batchelor [22]

Draper [40]

Actual retirement age

Baker [52]

Eagles [30]

Sansom [28]

Anderson [37]

Austrom [58]

Batchelor [22]

Farley [39]

Fletcher [38]

French [36]

Jonasson [84]

Meghea [54]

Luce [7]

Orkin [34]

Rayburn [31]

Rowe [90]

Van Greuningen [17]

Wakeford [18]

Joyce [42]

Rayburn [31]

  1. Note: Average or highest reported retirement ages are reported.
  2. Studies where the majority of physicians met retirement age expectations are in italics