Retirement patterns of Australian doctors aged 65 years and older.

Conclusions Strategies to support doctors at the late career stage to provide their valued contributions to the medical workforce for as long as possible may include increasing job satisfaction and addressing barriers to reducing work hours.What is known about the topic? Much of the available literature provides measures of retirement intentions.What does this paper add? The present study examined actual retirements and the factors associated with them.What are the implications for practitioners? Consideration should be given by policy makers to ensure that doctors are retained for as long as possible as active contributors to the medical workforce in a safe, appropriate manner. PMID: 26093885 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Australian Health Review - Category: Hospital Management Authors: Tags: Aust Health Rev Source Type: research