Which psycho-demographic factors predict a doctor's intention to leave New Zealand general practice?

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 121, Issue 1273, 2008, Pages 25-36

  McComb, Ewan D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CONTRACT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; GENDER; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INCOME; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PREDICTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL STATUS; WORK SCHEDULE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MANPOWER; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS;

AGE FACTORS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FAMILY PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; PERSONNEL LOYALTY; PERSONNEL TURNOVER; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 44049091645     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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