Table 6 Primary care - selection criteria
Primary care | Undecided | No primary care | Primary care vs no primary | Primary care | Females vs males | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Females | Males | ||||||
N | 98 | 184 | 229 | 41 | |||
Criteria for choosing a specialty | |||||||
Time with family (1) | 75.51% | 72.68% | 65.07% | p < 0.03 | 85.37% | 68.42% | p < 0.05 |
Specialty with team work | 57.14% | 53.80% | 44.98% | p < 0.04 | 56.10% | 57.89% | NS |
Influence of spouse | 42.55% | 42.62% | 31.14% | p < 0.007 | 48.65% | 38.60% | p < 0.05 |
Specialty that deals with social issues (3) | 41.84% | 34.62% | 21.93% | p < 0.001 | 51.22% | 35.09% | p < 0.009 |
Daytime work only (1) | 25.51% | 28.73% | 16.23% | p < 0.03 | 34.15% | 19.30% | p < 0.03 |
Work only in the community | 9.18% | 2.73% | 3.51% | p < 0.001 | 12.20% | 7.02% | NS |
Procedures/surgery | 42.86% | 40.98% | 56.58% | p < 0.01 | 34.15% | 49.12% | p < 0.02 |
High salary | 36.08% | 48.09% | 51.09% | p < 0.002 | 34.15% | 37.50% | NS |
Opportunity for research (2) | 33.67% | 37.16% | 43.67% | p < 0.05 | 26.83% | 38.60% | NS |
Academic faculty member | 19.39% | 25.68% | 30.26% | p < 0.05 | 24.39% | 15.79% | NS |
Bedside specialty | 93.88% | 92.93% | 92.07% | NS | 92.68% | 94.74% | NS |
Wide range of medical problems | 79.38% | 71.04% | 68.12% | NS | 75.61% | 82.14% | NS |
Controllable lifestyle (1) | 69.39% | 73.91% | 64.19% | NS | 78.05% | 63.16% | NS |
Advancing rapidly (2) | 56.12% | 61.41% | 58.77% | NS | 51.22% | 59.65% | NS |
Independent practice | 51.02% | 60.11% | 52.40% | NS | 56.10% | 47.37% | NS |
Private practice | 39.80% | 36.96% | 42.48% | NS | 41.46% | 38.60% | NS |
Influence of family | 12.37% | 9.78% | 8.81% | NS | 15.00% | 10.53% | NS |
Specialty that my coleagues choosea | 2.06% | 1.64% | 0.00% | NS | 0.00% | 3.57% | NS |
Influence of classmatesa | 2.06% | 1.63% | 0.44% | NS | 0.00% | 3.57% | NS |
Narrow range of medical problemsa | 2.04% | 3.26% | 3.49% | NS | 0.00% | 3.51% | NS |
Criteria for choosing a residency | |||||||
Much supervision by senior physicians | 53.06% | 45.11% | 36.68% | p < 0.001 | 68.29% | 42.11% | p < 0.04 |
Limited work hours | 29.17% | 29.89% | 16.67% | p < 0.001 | 32.50% | 26.79% | NS |
Short residency (< 4.5. Years) | 27.55% | 15.30% | 11.79% | p < 0.001 | 29.27% | 26.32% | NS |
Much clinic time (2) | 22.45% | 16.30% | 4.82% | p < 0.001 | 19.51% | 24.56% | NS |
Hospital in the periphery (3) | 19.39% | 6.52% | 6.11% | p < 0.001 | 19.51% | 19.30% | NS |
Leading department (1)a | 67.35% | 77.17% | 79.04% | p < 0.03 | 70.73% | 64.91% | NS |
Large hospitial | 52.04% | 54.64% | 61.84% | p < 0.04 | 58.54% | 47.37% | NS |
Intellectual challenge (1)a | 83.67% | 82.07% | 83.41% | NS | 87.80% | 80.70% | NS |
Family living location | 77.55% | 74.86% | 63.76% | NS | 87.80% | 70.18% | p < 0.05 |
Controllable lifestyle | 69.39% | 70.49% | 60.70% | NS | 73.17% | 66.67% | NS |
Making clinical decisions on your own | 66.33% | 49.46% | 55.02% | NS | 56.10% | 73.68% | p < 0.05 |
Specific location in Israel | 65.31% | 64.48% | 63.88% | NS | 68.29% | 63.16% | NS |
Much “action” | 52.04% | 33.15% | 46.49% | NS | 51.22% | 52.63% | NS |
Pre-determined work hours (2) | 46.94% | 48.37% | 35.37% | NS | 58.54% | 38.60% | p < 0.05 |
Physical challenge | 47.96% | 36.96% | 46.93% | NS | 41.46% | 52.63% | NS |
Teaching students | 43.88% | 43.48% | 43.42% | NS | 39.02% | 47.37% | NS |
Influence of family | 41.84% | 37.16% | 31.00% | NS | 53.66% | 33.33% | p < 0.01 |
Opportunity for research | 20.41% | 25.00% | 27.95% | NS | 19.51% | 21.05% | NS |
Many on-call shifts | 10.20% | 11.41% | 11.79% | NS | 4.88% | 14.04% | p < 0.03 |