Table 5:
Activity patterns for physicians who retired during the study period, in relation to various characteristics
| Characteristic | Activity pattern*; no. (%) of physicians† | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maintenance | Rapid decline | Slow decline | Increase | Total | |
| Sex‡ | |||||
| Male | 329 (37.9) | 187 (21.6) | 166 (19.1) | 185 (21.3) | 867 |
| Female | 93 (38.8) | 46 (19.2) | 41 (17.1) | 60 (25.0) | 240 |
| Age group in 2012, yr (%)§ | |||||
| 56–59 | 52 (34.9) | 35 (23.5) | 25 (16.8) | 37 (24.8) | 149 |
| 60–64 | 109 (41.4) | 50 (19.0) | 47 (17.9) | 57 (21.7) | 263 |
| 65–69 | 103 (34.7) | 73 (24.6) | 59 (19.9) | 62 (20.9) | 297 |
| 70–74 | 71 (35.0) | 45 (22.2) | 37 (18.2) | 50 (24.6) | 203 |
| ≥ 75 | 87 (44.6) | 30 (15.4) | 39 (20.0) | 39 (20.0) | 195 |
| Specialty¶ | |||||
| Primary care | 206 (38.9) | 102 (19.2) | 91 (17.2) | 131 (24.7) | 530 |
| Medical | 111 (40.2) | 54 (19.6) | 50 (18.1) | 61 (22.1) | 276 |
| Surgical | 68 (34.2) | 48 (24.1) | 50 (25.1) | 33 (16.6) | 199 |
| Laboratory/imaging | 37 (36.3) | 29 (28.4) | 16 (15.7) | 20 (19.6) | 102 |
| Practice rurality in 2012**†† | |||||
| Metropolitan | 271(39.0) | 135 (19.4) | 139 (20.0) | 149 (21.5) | 694 |
| Urban-dominated | 91 (35.4) | 52 (20.2) | 47 (18.3) | 67 (26.1) | 257 |
| Rural-dominated | 43 (39.8) | 29 (26.8) | 16 (14.8) | 20 (18.5) | 108 |
| Training ‡‡ | |||||
| International | 265 (37.4) | 154 (21.8) | 136 (19.2) | 153 (21.6) | 708 |
| Canadian | 157 (39.3) | 79 (19.8) | 71 (17.8) | 92 (23.1) | 399 |
*
Activity patterns were defined as follows: rapid decline = maintenance = limited change in activity (± <10%), activity decline of 25% to <90%, slow decline = activity decline of 10% to <25%, increase = activity increase ≥ 10%. The table includes only physicians with at least 3 years of data.
†
Percentages are calculated across rows.
‡
χ2 = 2.1 (p = 0.5).
§
χ2 = 13.1 (p = 0.4).
¶
χ2 = 16.2 (p = 0.06).
**
Rurality data were missing for a total of 48 retired physicians.
††
χ2 = 7.22 (p = 0.3).
‡‡
χ2 = 1.22 (p = 0.8).