Factors determining intention to leave among physicians in tertiary hospitals in China: a national cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The reasons that physicians leave the institutions have not been extensively studied. We aimed to evaluate these reasons, which include the desire to work at another hospital or the intention to make a career change, among physicians in tertiary hospitals in China and explore the associations between the individual-level and organizational-level factors related to these two reasons for leaving.

Methods

We conducted a national survey of 136 tertiary hospitals across all 31 provinces in China between December 2017 and January 2018. A total of 20 785 physicians were selected to self-report on the two evaluated reasons related to physicians' intent to leave. A univariate analysis and multilevel regression model were applied to evaluate the factors associated with inten

SUBMITTER: Zhang C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6429748 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature