Physician emigration from Germany: insights from a survey in Saxony, Germany

Table 7 Variables associated with the wish to emigrate

	Wish to emigrate
Independent variable	OR [SE]	CI 95%	p
Female sex	0.62 [0.08]	0.47–0.80	< 0.001
Age	1.10 [0.03]	1.03–1.17	0.004
In a relationship	0.67 [0.11]	0.48–0.94	0.019
Having children	0.48 [0.07]	0.36–0.64	< 0.001
Former stay abroad	2.76 [0.36]	2.15–3.55	< 0.001
Clinical work experience	0.92 [0.04]	0.85–0.99	0.022
Specialist qualification	0.91 [0.19]	0.60–1.37	0.655
Would become a physician again	0.94 [0.13]	0.71–1.24	0.667
Works full-time	1.50 [0.31]	1.01–2.24	0.044
Urban setting	1.37 [0.22]	1.00–1.87	0.050
Inpatient setting	1.26 [0.26]	0.85–1.89	0.253
Leading position or own practice	1.00 [0.23]	0.63–1.56	0.986
Satisfaction with
- work environment	0.82 [0.09]	0.66–1.02	0.075
- work load	0.70 [0.06]	0.60–0.82	< 0.001
- patient care	0.77 [0.08]	0.63–0.95	0.016
- structural aspects	0.60 [0.06]	0.49–0.74	< 0.001
- humaneness	1.13 [0.13]	0.90–1.41	0.307

Multivariate logistic regression analysis was performed to determine variables associated with the wish to emigrate
Corresponding p values are shown and significant p values printed in bold
OR odds ratio, SE standard error, CI confidence interval

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