Rowe M L
N Y State J Med. 1989 Aug;89(8):450-3.
Driven to retire mainly by changes in the health care delivery system, physicians nevertheless find it difficult to reduce their professional activities as they grow older. Retired physicians in a seven-county region of upstate New York were surveyed to discover how they were faring in retirement and to elicit information of possible value to doctors planning to retire. Good health and adequate income were the prime factors in successful retirement, along with active involvement in postretirement activities, especially nonmedical ones. Three quarters of respondents found annual incomes between $25,000 and $50,000 to be comfortable. All agreed that private investments must make up at least a third of this amount, supplementing Social Security, pensions, individual retirement accounts, and Keogh plan distributions. There was diversity of opinion on remaining active in medical affairs after retirement. A large majority of those who found retirement better than anticipated advised a clean break with medicine. Most of their colleagues who rated retirement about as expected or not as good as anticipated counseled continued involvement in professional activities.
尽管主要是受医疗保健服务体系变化的驱使而退休，但医生们发现随着年龄增长，要减少其职业活动却很困难。对纽约州北部一个七县地区的退休医生进行了调查，以了解他们退休后的生活状况，并获取对计划退休的医生可能有价值的信息。健康状况良好和收入充足是成功退休的主要因素，同时积极参与退休后的活动，尤其是非医疗活动。四分之三的受访者认为年收入在25,000美元至50,000美元之间较为舒适。所有人都同意，私人投资必须至少占这一数额的三分之一，以补充社会保障、养老金、个人退休账户和基奥计划分配。对于退休后是否继续积极参与医疗事务，存在不同意见。绝大多数认为退休比预期好的人建议与医学彻底决裂。大多数认为退休情况与预期差不多或不如预期的同事则建议继续参与专业活动。
