Table 2.
Frequency of recruitment/retention factors mentioned by type of respondents
| Dimension | Factors (frequency)* |
| Individual | • Native of the region (5Mn, 12Md) |
| • Personality | |
| ▪Challenge (5Mn, 7Md) | |
| ▪Autonomy (2Mn, 3Md) | |
| ▪Feeling of security (2Mn, 3Md) | |
| ▪Polyvalent (1Mn, 4Md) | |
| ▪Resourceful (2Mn, 2Md) | |
| ▪Team work (1Mn, 1Md) | |
| ▪Healthy (2Md) | |
| ▪Easy to adapt (1Md) | |
| Family | • Spouse influence (8Mn, 17Md) |
| • Family integration (7Mn, 15Md) | |
| Community lifestyle | • Quality of life/Social and cultural life (12Mn, 21Md) |
| • Integration in the community (4Mn, 5Md) | |
| Professional | • Occupational well-being (12Mn, 29Md) |
| • Multiskill practice (9Mn, 18Md) | |
| • Technical support center (6Mn, 10Md) | |
| • Team reputation (7Mn, 7Md) | |
| • Specialist availability (4Mn, 8Md) | |
| • Integration to the team (4Mn, 7Md) | |
| Organisational | • Critical mass (6Mn, 22Md) |
| • Image of the center (4Mn, 3Md) | |
| Educational | • Training in the region (7Mn, 6Md) |
| • CME (3Mn, 7Md) | |
| • Effective education (3Md) | |
| Economic | • Financial incitative (8Mn, 13Md) |
* Number of managers (Mn) and/or physicians (Md) who mentioned the item.