BACKGROUND: Knowing when physicians retire and how they practise in the pre-
retirement years is important information for health human resource planning. We identified …

PURPOSE Retirement of primary care physicians is a matter of increasing concern in light of
physician shortages. The joint purposes of this investigation were to identify the ages when …

Physician retirement is receiving increasing attention as more and more physicians are
nearing the traditional retirement age of 65 and as there is a growing concern about …

Objective To investigate retirements over a 4-year period among Australian general
practitioners (GPs) and specialists aged 65 years and over, and factors influencing …

Background Physician retirement planning and timing have important implications for
patients, hospitals, and healthcare systems. Unplanned early or late physician retirement …

Objective To characterize the process of end-of-career attrition among primary care
physicians. Design Longitudinal, open cohort, population-based study of primary care …

Objective To report on retirement ages of two cohorts of senior doctors in the latter stages of
their careers. Design Questionnaires sent in 2014 to all medical graduates of 1974 and …

“The main challenge confronting physicians who are seeking to retire is the justified concern
for the future wellbeing of their patients,” Dr. Alan Ruddiman, president of Doctors of BC …

Background: A physician's decision to retire has personal and social consequences. While
there has been growing interest in how individuals adjust to retirement, less is known about …

Background: Evidence suggests there are important personal and social consequences
associated with inadequate retirement planning for physicians. We evaluated whether …