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 | Â | Â | Â | Â |
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 | Â | Â | Â | Â |
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 | Â | Â | Â | Â |
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 | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Yes | 4.5 (19) | 3.2 (7) | 4.3 (21) | 4.2 (47) |
Overall health status a | Â | Â | Â | Â |
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 | Â | Â | Â | Â |
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 | Â | Â | Â | Â |
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) |