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. 2014 Mar 10;32(11):1127–1135. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2013.53.4560

Table 3.

Relationship of Personal and Professional Characteristics With Career Plans

Characteristic Plan to Reduce Clinical Hours in Next 12 Months*
 Plan to Leave Current Practice in Next 24 Months†
No. % P No. % P
Personal
    Age, years < .001 < .001
        < 40 15 of 61 24.6 19 of 61 31.1
        40-49 74 of 357 20.7 96 of 360 26.7
        50-59 82 of 332 24.7 103 of 360 30.9
        ≥ 60 90 of 242 37.2 120 of 333 49.2
        Missing 9 13
    Sex .7847 .8933
        Male 132 of 486 27.2 166 of 488 34.0
        Female 137 of 519 26.4 180 of 523 34.4
        Missing 1 5
    Children .3119 .2590
        Yes 225 of 861 26.1 291 of 867 33.6
        No 44 of 146 30.1 56 of 146 38.4
        Missing 1 4
    Age of youngest child, years .0116 < .001
        < 5 23 of 115 20.0 35 of 116 30.2
        5-12 48 of 239 20.1 55 of 240 22.9
        13-18 43 of 154 27.9 57 of 155 36.8
        19-22 29 of 103 28.2 30 of 103 29.1
        > 22 81 of 247 32.8 112 of 250 44.8
        Missing 1 2
    Relationship status .7906 .0379
        Single 27 of 93 29.0 40 of 93 43.0
        Married 228 of 864 26.4 290 of 871 33.3
        Partnered 8 of 33 24.2 8 of 33 24.2
        Widowed/widower 6 of 17 35.3 9 of 16 56.3
        Missing 1 4
    Ever gone through divorce .0279 .6455
        Yes 61 of 179 34.1 66 of 179 36.9
        No 204 of 817 25.0 275 of 823 33.4
        Currently going through one 3 of 7 42.9 2 of 7 28.6
        Missing 2 8
Professional
    Practice setting < .001 .2503
        Private 162 of 470 34.5 169 of 470 36.0
        Academic 75 of 370 20.3 115 of 371 31.0
        Other 30 of 170 17.6 64 of 175 36.6
        Missing 3 3
    Time devoted to patient care, % .1014 .3863
        None 8 of 39 20.5 14 of 42 33.3
        1-25 11 of 71 15.5 26 of 72 36.1
        26-50 27 of 119 22.7 31 of 119 26.1
        51-75 53 of 195 27.2 70 of 195 35.9
        76-100 170 of 589 28.9 208 of 591 35.2
        Missing 1 2
    Focus on specific type of cancer .0316 .2525
        Yes 91 of 402 22.6 128 of 403 31.8
        No 168 of 584 28.8 207 of 587 35.3
        Missing 11 16
    Work hours per week .4615 .0103
        < 40 22 of 79 27.8 40 of 78 51.3
        40-49 18 of 80 22.5 26 of 81 32.1
        50-59 65 of 238 27.3 79 of 241 32.8
        60-69 77 of 328 23.5 99 of 330 30.0
        ≥ 70 64 of 214 29.9 76 of 215 35.3
        Missing 24 31
    Nights on call per week .0690 < .001
        0 62 of 285 21.8 106 of 288 36.8
        1 81 of 299 27.1 75 of 299 25.1
        2 40 of 117 34.2 52 of 117 44.4
        ≥ 3 71 of 284 25.0 96 of 286 33.6
        Missing 16 22
    No. of weekends rounding in hospital per year .1325 .0010
        0 31 of 139 22.3 58 of 139 41.7
        1-4 23 of 115 20.0 25 of 116 21.6
        5-8 67 of 245 27.3 68 of 246 27.6
        9-12 60 of 239 25.1 79 of 240 32.9
        12-16 34 of 99 34.3 42 of 100 42.0
        > 16 0 of 0 0.0 0 of 0 0.0
        Missing 55 79
    Hospital rounding structure .0073 .0663
        Round own patients when hospitalized 47 of 156 30.1 60 of 157 38.2
        Share rounding with partners, blocks 47 of 166 28.3 50 of 166 30.1
        Share rounding with partners, weekends 89 of 295 30.2 95 of 297 32.0
        Attend oncology teaching service 47 of 240 19.6 70 of 240 29.2
        Do not round in hospital 23 of 128 18.0 54 of 129 41.9
        Missing 17 22
    Method of compensation < .001 .0046
        Salary, no incentive 85 of 306 27.8 120 of 309 38.8
        Salary with bonus 94 of 448 21.0 130 of 451 28.8
        Pure incentive 74 of 202 36.6 79 of 203 38.9
        Missing 17 22
*

Moderate or greater chance will reduce clinical work hours in next 12 months (Table 2).

†

Moderate or greater chance will leave current practice in next 2 years (Table 2).