ArticleHuman resources for health2025
Working life expectancy of physicians: the case of primary care physicians in Czechia.
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- The general practice workforce crisis in Europe: scale of the challenge and available policy responses.The Lancet. Primary care · 2026Review
- Sustaining the nursing workforce in ageing health systems: evidence from trend in entries, exits and capacity projections in Czechia.Archives of public health = Archives belges de sante publique · 2026Article
- Adapting to an Ageing Health Workforce: Alternative Versus the Standard Ageing of Physicians and Nurses in Czechia.Health services insights · 2026Article
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backgroundThe decrease in the number of healthcare workers and the resulting deterioration in healthcare quality and availability have been subjected to intensive discussion in Czechia in recent years. Estimating future healthcare worker capacities requires a detailed analysis of their "movement" within the healthcare system. This study focuses on exits of the primary care physicians from the healthcare system in Czechia.
methodsUsing anonymised data obtained from the largest Czech health insurance company (2012-2022), we constructed working life tables and calculated working life expectancy, which indicates the expected average number of remaining years of work at the exact age of the physician. The study focuses on primary care physicians, who are crucial for the effective functioning of the healthcare system.
resultsAt age 50, working life expectancy was 20 years for female physicians and approximately 21 years for male physicians. Over the monitored period, working life expectancy decreased by 1 year for both genders. Gynaecologists had the longest working life expectancy, while dentists had the shortest.
conclusionsThe decrease in the working life expectancy and the length of tenure indicates the need to create favourable conditions for the extension of the working lives of physicians to avoid early exits from the system.
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