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Table 2 Association between main reasons for leaving Spain and respondents’ sociodemographic characteristics (n = 158)

From: What can we learn from general practitioners who left Spain? A mixed methods international study

 

Financial

Lack of stability

Workload

Poor governance

Lack of flexibility

N 119, 75.3%

OR (95% CI)

OR (95% CI)*

N 107, 67.7%

OR (95% CI)

OR (95% CI)*

N 107, 67.7%

OR (95% CI)

OR (95% CI)*

N 88, 55.7%

OR (95% CI)

OR (95% CI)*

N 69, 43.7%

OR (95% CI)

OR (95% CI)*

Gender

Female

58 (70.7)

0.56 (0.20–1.04)

0.45 (0.18–1.14)

61 (74.4)

1.67 (0.82–3.41)

1.47 (0.67–3.23)

55 (67.1)

0.75 (0.37–1.55)

0.73 (0.34–1.57)

43 (52.4)

0.59 (0.30–1.16)

0.60 (0.29–1.22)

38 (46.3)

0.95 (0.49–1.83)

0.82 (0.41–1.66)

Male

53 (84.1)

1

1

40 (63.5)

1

1

46 (73)

1

1

41 (65.1)

1

1

30 (47.6)

1

1

Non-binary

1 (100)

0

0

0

0

Missing

7 (58.3)

6 (50)

6 (50)

4 (33.3)

1 (8.3)

Age (median, IQR)

40 (35,51)

1.04 (0.99–1.09)

1.07 (1.01–1.15)

38 (34,45)

0.94 (0.90–0.98)

0.95 (0.90–0.99)

39 (35,49)

0.99 (0.95–1.03)

1.01 (0.96–1.06)

39.5 (35,51)

1.01 (0.97–1.05)

1.02 (0.97–1.07)

37 (35,45)

0.96 (0.92–0.99)

0.96 (0.92–1.01)

Nationality

Spanish

94 (78.3)

2.07 (0.56–7.60)

2.40 (0.55–10.40)

81 (67.5)

1.19 (0.33–4.30)

1.43 (0.35–5.80)

84 (70)

1.33 (0.37–4.84)

1.99 (0.50–8.02)

72 (60)

2.63 (0.73–9.46)

2.63 (0.68–10.12)

56 (46.7)

1.05 (0.30–3.63)

1.08 (0.29–4.00)

Spanish & other

11 (73.3)

1.57 (0.29–8.42)

2.16 (0.31–15.24)

13 (86.7)

3.71 (0.54–25.59)

5.17 (0.66–40.56)

10 (66.7)

1.14 (0.22–5.84)

1.67 (0.28–9.85)

8 (53.3)

2.00 (0.41–9.84)

2.11 (0.39–11.54)

7 (46.7)

1.05 (0.22–5.00)

1.27 (0.24–6.82)

Other/non-available

14 (60.9)

1

1

13 (56.5)

1

1

13 (56.5)

1

1

8 (34.8)

1

1

6 (26.1)

1

1

Country

UK

31 (68.9)

1.44 (0.56–3.69)

2.75 (0.86–8.76)

36 (80)

2.00 (0.72–5.59)

3.43 (1.00–11.76)

25 (55.6)

0.46 (0.18–1.23)

0.56 (0.19–1.66)

26 (57.8)

1.64 (0.66–4.06)

2.10 (0.75–5.91)

24 (53.3)

2.63 (1.02–6.77)

2.98 (1.04–8.50)

France

28 (84.9)

3.64 (1.12–11.85)

2.40 (0.63–9.20)

20 (60.6)

0.77 (0.28–2.20)

1.21 (0.38–3.84)

25 (75.8)

1.17 (0.28–3.54)

0.99 (0.29–3.34)

21 (63.6)

2.10 (0.78–5.63)

1.69 (0.56–5.08)

13 (38.4)

1.50 (0.54–4.14)

1.46 (0.48–4.41)

Ireland

26 (69.7)

5.63 (1.41–22.48)

6.97 (1.22–39.62)

15 (51.7)

0.54 (0.19–1.50)

0.88 (0.26–2.97)

19 (65.5)

0.71 (0.24–2.10)

0.70 (0.21–2.41)

16 (55.2)

1.48 (0.54–4.02)

1.58 (0.50–5.01)

11 (37.9)

1.41 (0.49–4.04)

1.49 (0.47–4.77)

Sweden

14 (77.8)

2.28 (0.61–8.45)

4.39 (0.87–22.08)

14 (77.8)

1.75 (0.46–6.59)

3.80 (0.68–21.14)

14 (77.8)

1.31 (0.34–5.06)

2.79 (0.50–15.74)

10 (55.6)

1.50 (0.47–4.76)

2.23 (0.60–8.30)

11 (61.1)

3.61 (1.08–12.05)

4.03 (1.06–15.24)

Other

20 (60.6)

1

1

22 (66.7)

1

1

24 (72.7)

1

1

15 (45.5)

1

1

10 (30.3)

1

1

Exit year

Before 2015

22 (56.4)

1

1

24 (61.5)

1

1

21 (53.9)

1

1

16 (41)

1

1

15 (38.5)

1

1

After 2015

97 (81.5)

3.41 (1.56–7.46)

7.52 (2.35–24.09)

83 (69.8)

1.44 (0.68–3.06)

1.72 (0.60–4.92)

86 (72.3)

2.23 (1.06–4.71)

2.31 (0.88–6.06)

72 (60.5)

2.20 (1.05–4.49)

2.66 (1.04–6.85)

54 (45.4)

1.33 (0.63–2.78)

1.27 (0.50–3.26)

  1. In bold statistically significant findings
  2. *OR adjusted by the remaining sociodemographic variables included in the table