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Table 1 Characteristics of fully retired, reentered and not currently active respondents

From: A national survey of 'inactive' physicians in the United States of America: enticements to reentry

 

Fully Retired

Reentered

Not currently active

All respondents

 

(n = 436)

(n = 226)

(n = 500)

(n = 1162)

Age, mean, yrs a

60.1

54.9

55.4

57.1

 

% (n)

% (n)

% (n)

% (n)

Gender a

    

Female

31.6 (137)

50.4 (114)

4938 (248)

43.1 (499)

Male

68.4 (296)

49.6 (112)

50.2 (250)

56.9 (658)

Marital status

    

Married/partnered

80.5 (347)

78.2 (176)

75.2 (373)

77.8 (896)

Divorced/separated

10.2 (44)

12.4 (28)

11.1 (55)

11.0 (127)

Widowed

1.9 (8)

1.8 (4)

3.2 (16)

2.4 (28)

Single

7.4 (32)

7.6 (17)

10.5 (52)

8.8 (101)

Race

    

White

88.9 (378)

86.8 (191)

87.5 (426)

86.2 (1276)

Asian

4.5 (19)

6.4 (14)

5.1 (25)

5.1 (58)

All others

6.6 (28)

6.8 (15)

7.4 (36)

7.0 (79)

Hispanic origin

    

Yes

4.5 (19)

3.2 (7)

4.3 (21)

4.2 (47)

Overall health status a

    

Excellent

35.3 (151)

38.2 (86)

35.6 (177)

36.0 (414)

Very good

23.6 (101)

37.3 (84)

23.7 (118)

26.3 (303)

Good

17.5 (75)

17.3 (39)

20.7 (103)

18.9 (217)

Fair

18.2 (78)

6.2 (14)

13.9 (69)

14.0 (161)

Poor

5.4 (23)

0.9 (2)

6.0 (30)

4.8 (55)

Current financial status a

    

Excellent

29.8 (127)

29.5 (66)

25.2 (124)

27.7 (317)

Very good

30.3 (129)

28.6 (64)

24.3 (120)

27.4 (313)

Good

25.4 (108)

25.0 (56)

29.0 (143)

26.9 (307)

Fair

13.1 (56)

13.4 (30)

13.2 (65)

13.2 (151)

Poor

1.4 (6)

3.6 (8)

8.3 (41)

4.8 (55)

Primary specialty/subspecialty a

    

Family medicine

15.0 (57)

17.1 (36)

17.6 (79)

16.5 (172)

Pediatrics

8.7 (33)

7.1 (15)

14.0 (63)

10.7 (111)

Internal medicine

9.5 (36)

20.0 (42)

13.6 (61)

13.4 (139)

Ob-gyn

10.8 (41)

7.6 (16)

8.0 (36)

8.9 (93)

General surgery

7.1 (27)

1.4 (3)

3.1 (14)

4.2 (44)

Other medical specialty

29.5 (112)

36.2 (76)

32.7 (147)

32.2 (335)

Other surgical specialty

19.5 (74)

10.5 (22)

11.1 (50)

14.0 (146)

  1. a P < 0.001