Table 6 Reasons left active medicine for those not currently active and those who have reentered, by gender a
From: A national survey of 'inactive' physicians in the United States of America: enticements to reentry
| Â | Not currently activeb | Reentered | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Female (n = 248) | Male (n = 250) | Female (n = 114) | Male (n = 112) | ||||
| Â | % | (n) | % | (n) | % | (n) | % | (n) |
Personal health issues/concerns | 34.3 | (85) | 41.2 | (103) | 26.3 | (30) | 31.3 | (35) |
'Hassle factor' (ex: paperwork, compliance issues) | 27.8 | (69) | 28.8 | (72) | 13.2 d | (15) | 30.4 | (34) |
Rising medical malpractice premiums | 19.8 | (49) | 23.2 | (58) | 3.5 e | (4) | 24.1 | (27) |
Lack of professional satisfaction | 21.8 | (54) | 22.8 | (57) | 13.2 d | (15) | 26.8 | (30) |
On-call responsibility | 19.4 | (48) | 16.0 | (40) | 7.9 | (9) | 16.1 | (18) |
Insufficient reimbursement rates | 13.7 | (34) | 16.4 | (41) | 6.1 e | (7) | 23.2 | (26) |
Pursuing a non-medical career | 14.1c | (35) | 21.6 | (54) | 4.4 | (5) | 8.9 | (10) |
Need to care for young children | 35.5e | (88) | 1.6 | (4) | 56.1 e | (64) | 2.7 | (3) |
Practice not economically viable | 13.3 | (33) | 10.4 | (26) | 4.4 d | (5) | 17.0 | (19) |
Improvement in personal/family finances | 9.7 | (24) | 8.8 | (22) | 5.3 | (6) | 8.9 | (10) |
Need to care for other family member(s) | 23.4 e | (58) | 7.2 | (18) | 10.5 c | (12) | 2.7 | (3) |
Hard to keep up with clinical advances | 7.7d | (19) | 2.4 | (6) | 0.9 | (1) | 0 | Â |
Inadequate practice volume | 0.8 | (2) | 3.2 | (8) | 0 | Â | 0.9 | (1) |
Other | 25.8 | (64) | 32.4 | (81) | 25.4 c | (29) | 39.3 | (44) |