Factors Affecting the Job and Financial Satisfaction of General Practitioners in Iran

General practitioners (GPs) are one of the main healthcare providers. The purpose of this study is to determine the factors affecting the job and financial satisfaction of GPs in Iran.

In this study, participants were 666 GPs in Iran in 2016 who were selected by simple random sampling method. Data collection was done during two national conferences of the Iranian General Practitioners Association. The data collection tool was a researcher-made questionnaire. To analyze the collected data, t-test, ANOVA, Pearson correlation test, and logistic regression analysis were used.  

It was reported that 56.25% of GPs had high job satisfaction, and 39.66% had high financial satisfaction, respectively. Job and financial satisfaction was higher in female GPs (60.40% and 46.18%) than in male GPs (52.87% and 27.27%). Married GPs had higher job and financial satisfaction (57.50% and 36.29%) than single GPs (51.28% and 34.7%). Job satisfaction of GPs working in the private sector (24.15%) was higher than in the governmental sector (17.83%), while the GPS working in the governmental sector had higher financial satisfaction.

Gender, job status, economic expectations, perceived relative income, patient satisfaction, and marital status are factors affecting with job satisfaction of GPs in Iran, while gender, job sector, the ratio of actual income to target income, perceived relative income, and age are factors affecting their financial satisfaction.