Table 1.
Proportions of general practitioners intending to quit direct patient care by age, 1998 and 2001
Age (years)
|
1998 survey
|
2001 survey
|
|||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
No of doctors
|
No (%) intending to quit
|
No of doctors
|
No (%) intending to quit
|
||
⩽35 | 113 | 4 (4) | 151 | 9 (6) | |
36 to 40 | 187 | 8 (4) | 242 | 22 (9) | |
41 to 45 | 195 | 18 (9) | 275 | 30 (11) | |
46 to 50 | 125 | 9 (7) | 208 | 31 (15) | |
51 to 55 | 102 | 28 (27) | 194 | 87 (45) | |
56 to 60 | 53 | 34 (64) | 76 | 66 (87) | |
60 to 65 | 15 | 12 (80) | 13 | 9 (69) | |
All ages | 790 | 113 (14) | 1159 | 254 (22) |