Table 4 Reasons to consider becoming active in medicine again or reason reentered a
From: A national survey of 'inactive' physicians in the United States of America: enticements to reentry
| Â | Fully retired (n = 436) | Not currently active (n = 500) | Reentered (n = 226) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Reasons to consider reentry | Reasons for Reentryb | ||||
| Â | % | (n) | % | (n) | Â | Â |
Nothing e | 34.2 | (149) | 3.6 | (18) | Â | Â |
Reasons among those who did not indicate "nothing" would lead them to consider reentry | (n = 287) | (n = 482) | Â | Â | ||
| Â | % | (n) | % | (n) | % | (n) |
Availability of part-time work or flexible scheduling c | 42.5 | (122) | 51.5 | (248) | 47.8 | (108) |
Financial need | 43.9 | (126) | 43.4 | (209) | 32.3 | (73) |
Desire to provide volunteer services | 40.8 | (117) | 39.6 | (191) | 8.0 | (18) |
Change in family or personal circumstances e | 30.1 | (89) | 42.9 | (207) | 31.0 | (70) |
Responding to a need in the community | 33.1 | (95) | 38.0 | (183) | 16.8 | (38) |
Miss caring for patients c | 29.3 | (84) | 37.3 | (180) | 32.7 | (74) |
Miss colleagues/practice environment | 19.9 | (57) | 23.4 | (113) | 22.6 | (51) |
Want to pursue a new challenge or new area of medicine e | 10.5 | (30) | 21.0 | (101) | 16.8 | (38) |
Boredom/Too much free time on my hands | 12.9 | (37) | 17.6 | (85) | 13.3 | (30) |
An opportunity to change my specialty/subspecialty with relative ease d | 8.0 | (23) | 15.6 | (75) | 9.7 | (22) |
An opportunity with less administrative responsibility | 7.3 | (21) | 8.3 | (40) | 10.6 | (24) |
Other | 22.0 | (63) | 25.7 | (124) | 19.0 | (43) |