Table 2 Frequencies and percentages for open-ended factors

Business and Administrative

190

16.4

MCO Reimbursement

311

26.8

Isolation

26

2.2

Lack of vacation

24

2.1

MCO Regulation

384

33

Intra-Professional Stress

151

13

Patients

112

9.6

Public Perception / Public Acceptance

187

16.1

Self–Perception / Purpose

130

11.2

Student loan debt

35

3

Economy / Money

120

10.3

Scope of Practice Issues

247

21.3

Physical demands

28

2.4

Working too hard (long hours)

77

6.6