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Part-time doctors

Quick View. May 5, 2008.


Reasons Men Women
Academic research or teaching 2% Less than 1%
Administrative or leadership duties 20% 5%
Family responsibilities (including pregnancy) 11% 69%
Health (excluding pregnancy) 6% 1%
Preparing for retirement 30% 3%
Unrelated professional or personal pursuits 31% 22%

The percentage of physicians working part time is on the rise.

The proportion of doctors engaged in part-time work increased to 19% in 2007 from 13% in 2005, according to a March survey of members of the American Medical Group Assn. Forty-three groups, representing 13,705 physicians, responded with reasons doctors gave for working abbreviated schedules.


Sources: AMGA, Cejka Search

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