Retirement, job satisfaction and attitudes towards mandatory accreditation: a Danish survey study in general practice.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

This study aims to analyse the associations between general practitioner (GP) retirement, job satisfaction and attitudes towards a mandatory accreditation scheme. External interventions such as mandatory accreditation schemes may be perceived negatively by GPs, causing early retirement from practice. In Denmark, almost half of the GPs had negative attitudes prior to the implementation of a mandatory accreditation scheme, constituting a possible risk of early practice retirement.

Setting

In January 2015 all 3,404 Danish GPs were invited to participate in a survey on attitudes towards a forthcoming mandatory accreditation programme.

Participants

1,906 GPs (56%) answered the questionnaire. In total, 391 (11%) retired from practice in the following period from

SUBMITTER: Kirstine Andersen M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6091901 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature