Key result
Former CCM trainees cite poor reimbursement and inter-specialty rivalry as top reasons for discontinuing practice.
Population
Former trainees in Critical Care Medicine (CCM)
Design
Cross-sectional
Authors
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Reimbursement and rivalry may drive critical care attrition; leaves open whether targeted reforms improve intensivist retention.
Cross-Sectional
Poor reimbursement and inter-specialty rivalry are major factors driving intensivists, particularly anesthesiologists, away from critical care practice.
Dennis M. Greenbaum (1982) conducted a cross-sectional in Former trainees in Critical Care Medicine. Polling on reasons for discontinuing practice was evaluated on Reasons for discontinuing practice in CCM. Polling of former Critical Care Medicine trainees revealed that poor reimbursement and inter-specialty rivalry were the most common reasons for discontinuing practice in the field.
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