Table 2.

Characteristics associated with emergency physicians who planned to leave emergency department (ED) practice within one year.

	Intention to leave ED practice within one year				p
	NO		Yes
	N.	%	N	%
Gender
Male	169	89.90%	25	73.50%	0.008
Female	19	10.10%	9	26.50%
ED practice hospital level
Medical center	91	48.40%	17	50.00%	0.86
Local hospital	97	51.60%	17	50.00%
Age
Mean ± SD	39.6 ± 7.6		36.0 ± 7.0		0.012
Age group (years)
≤35	64	34.00%	22	64.70%	0.001
>35	124	66.00%	12	35.30%
Clinical work time per month (hours)
>180	55	29.30%	11	32.40%	0.72
Less than 180	133	70.70%	23	67.60%
Satisfaction with clinical work hours
Yes	129	68.60%	17	50.00%	0.035
No	59	31.40%	17	50.00%
Satisfaction with night shift amount
Yes	127	69.00%	16	47.10%	0.013
No	57	31.00%	18	52.90%
Night/day shift ratio
≤40%	102	54.30%	11	32.40%	0.019
>40%	86	45.70%	23	67.60%
Weekend shift
1–4 shifts	88	46.80%	16	48.50%	0.86
≥5 shifts	100	53.20%	17	51.50%
Shift length
12 h	91	48.40%	19	55.90%	0.42
others	97	51.60%	15	44.10%
Financial compensation per month (NTD)
≤300,000	76	40.40%	22	64.70%	0.009
>300,000	112	59.60%	12	35.30%
Financial compensation fairness
Yes	104	55.60%	12	35.30%	0.029
No	83	44.40%	22	64.70%
Administration work
Yes	43	23.20%	9	26.50%	0.68
No	142	76.80%	25	73.50%
Teaching activity per month (hours)
≥40	11	5.90%	3	8.80%	0.46
<40	177	94.10%	31	91.20%
Retirement age preference (years)
≤45	16	8.50%	14	41.20%	<0.001
46–50	41	21.80%	5	14.70%
51–55	53	28.20%	10	29.40%
>55	78	41.50%	5	14.70%
Marital status
Married	155	82.40%	23	67.60%	0.046
Others	33	17.60%	11	32.40%
Children
Yes	133	70.70%	17	50.00%	0.017
No	55	29.30%	17	50.00%

ED: emergency department; SD: standard deviation; NTD: New Taiwan dollars.