Time to retire? A register-based study of GPs' practice style prior to retirement
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4593644 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jamie O''Halloran, Jamie O’halloran (0000-0001-8855-7468, University of Southern Denmark, corresponding author), Jamie O'Halloran, Anne Sophie Oxholm (0000-0001-8865-185X, University of Southern Denmark), Line Bjørnskov Pedersen (0000-0001-6804-2045, University of Southern Denmark), Dorte Gyrd-Hansen (0000-0003-1137-2304, University of Southern Denmark) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 281 |
| Pages | 114099 |
| Publication date | 2021-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Social Science & Medicine (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0277-9536 • E-ISSN: 1873-5347 |
| Publisher | Elsevier BV (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.socscimed.2021.114099 |
| PMID | 34120082 |
| OpenAlex | W3170891285 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 30 |
In many healthcare systems a large share of general practitioners (GPs) is retiring. The literature has shown a negative correlation between physicians' age and their quality of care. However, little is known about whether GPs exhibit different practice styles in the years prior to retirement. This study investigates whether GPs who are closer to retirement make different professional choices than GPs who are not as close to retirement. Using detailed administrative data on 555 Danish GPs and their patients from 2005 to 2017, we study GPs' practice styles across a ten-year period prior to retirement and compare these with GPs who retire at a later date ('non-retiring GPs'), while controlling for age differences as well as exogenous factors affecting healthcare provision. We focus on the GPs' number of enlisted patients, revenue, provision of consultations, and treatment behaviour in consultations. We find no differences between retiring and non-retiring GPs for key outcomes such as 'revenue per patient' and 'consultations per patient'. However, we find that retiring GPs have fewer enlisted patients in their final years of practicing. This finding is driven by more patients leaving rather than fewer patients joining their lists. We also find that retirement is associated with other dimensions of GPs' practice style, e.g. their provision of home visits, prescribing, and referral rates. Overall, we find a modest association between GPs' retirement and their practice style
Business · Economic growth · Economics · Family medicine · Global Positioning System · Health care · Referral · Revenue · Computer Science · Diversity and Career in Medicine · Healthcare Policy and Management · Medicine · Nursing · Primary Care and Health Outcomes · Finance · Gerontology
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |