Table 4 Comparison of job satisfaction of General Practitioners, Private and Public Psychiatrists.
| Â | General Practitioners N = 180 | Private psychiatrists N = 45 | Public psychiatrists N = 63 | Chi2 test |
|---|---|---|---|---|
MHP practice satisfaction (%) | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Having MHP patients that the practitioner would prefer not to cater for | 64.2 | 55.6 | 64.4 | ns |
Having difficulties hospitalizing MHP patients (always/often) | 46.9 | 40.0 | 41.0 | ns |
Unsatisfactory or very unsatisfactory relationships with | Â | Â | Â | Â |
... GPs | 19.0 | 33.3 | 29.7 | 0.05 |
... private psychiatrists | 49.1 | 11.3 | 27.1 | <0.0001 |
... public psychiatrists | 29.9 | 29.7 | 18.8 | <0.0001 |
... colleagues in general | 16.2 | 23.5 | 10.5 | ns |
Relationships with mental health professionals are worse than with other health professionals | 53.7 | 15.4 | 8.1 | <0.0001 |
Having insufficient or very insufficient scope for taking on new patients (workload) | 39.7 | 93.4 | 77.1 | <0.0001 |
Scope for entrusting part of care to another professional insufficient or very insufficient | 46.3 | 73.2 | 80.7 | <0.0001 |
General practice satisfaction (%) | Â | Â | Â | Â |
- clinical activities | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Independence is essential or important | 98.9 | 100.0 | 95.2 | ns |
Exchanges with colleagues are essential or important | 99.4 | 88.8 | 98.5 | ns |
Possibility for being replaced insufficient or very insufficient | 89.9 | 86.3 | 73.3 | 0.008 |
- other activities | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Income is unsatisfactory or very unsatisfactory | 44.8 | 56.8 | 57.7 | ns |
Administrative duties are demanding or very demanding | 91.6 | 77.8 | 64.0 | <0.0001 |
Time for further medical education is unsatisfactory or very unsatisfactory | 65.7 | 57.8 | 77.4 | ns |
Time for reading medical journals is unsatisfactory or very unsatisfactory | 64.4 | 66.7 | 78.1 | ns |
Opportunities for writing medical articles are unsatisfactory or very unsatisfactory | 84.1 | 85.7 | 80.7 | ns |
Opportunities for being involved in research and evaluation studies are unsatisfactory or very unsatisfactory | 98.3 | 87.1 | 68.4 | ns |