The following are the most popular responses physicians who feel their profession is going through a decline gave as the reason for that decline:
- Too much regulation and paperwork — 79.2 percent
- Loss of clinical autonomy — 64.6 percent
- Physicians not compensated for quality — 58.6 percent
- Erosion of physician/patient relationships — 54.4 percent
- Money trumps patient care — 45.9 percent
- Scope of practice encroachment — 43.7 percent
- Too many part-time doctors — 6.8 percent
