Rewards
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+ Good benefits (for example, paid sabbatical leave, state pension), stable income
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+++ Much better pay generally (depending on level of specialization)
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Physical environment
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++ More predictable working hours - less ‘selling availability’
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+++ Higher resource availability (incl. vis. other health workers)
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++ Greater sense of career path or progression through more prestige and recognition
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Social environment
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+++ More collegial relations among doctors
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+ Good relations with managers (in H1, not necessarily elsewhere)
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+++ Fewer stresses with ‘the administration’ and National/provincial DoH through self-employment
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++ Patients less demanding, and less patient contact
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++ Patients viewed as more compliant, more patient contact
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+++ More positive social relations with other health and hospital workers
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Work itself
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+++ Opportunities for research and teaching (in academic settings)
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+++ More opportunities for ‘challenge’, variety, and feeling ‘needed’ or relevant
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+ More ‘straightforward’ and less complicated cases (valued by some)
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+ Opportunity for state-of-the-art medical practice experience
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+++ More autonomy and ability to influence working environment
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