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words, working in a public hospital or a private one does not affect <strong>the</strong> respondent’s<br />

intention to migrate.<br />

5. Rating of Salaries and intention to migrate<br />

It is expected that financial reasons are <strong>the</strong> most important motivating factor for doctors<br />

who relocate to overseas destinations (Kumar and Simi, 2007). So, salaries might be a<br />

key factor leading to migration. In order to test whe<strong>the</strong>r <strong>the</strong> rating of current salaries is<br />

related to <strong>the</strong> intention to migrate, a Chi-square test is performed with salary rating and<br />

intention to migrate as two categorical variables.<br />

Results<br />

The results are displayed in <strong>the</strong> following table:<br />

Table II.2.3.4: Chi-square test output for Salary rating VS Intention to Migrate<br />

Chi-Square Tests<br />

Pearson Chi-<br />

Square<br />

Pearson Chisquare<br />

Value<br />

Degrees<br />

of<br />

freedom<br />

Pvalue<br />

Confidence interval<br />

4.649 a 3 .199 95%<br />

As indicated, <strong>the</strong> p-value for <strong>the</strong> chi-square test is significantly greater than 0.1. This<br />

suggests that <strong>the</strong>re no significant relationship between <strong>the</strong> rating of salary and intention to<br />

migrate. Hence, even respondents who rate <strong>the</strong>ir salaries as good or very good might have<br />

intention to migrate, so, based on <strong>the</strong> results of this study, salaries are not <strong>the</strong> main reason<br />

for migration as suggested by (Kumar and Simi, 2007).<br />

6. Difficulty in treating patients and intention to migrate<br />

An important factor that might be leading to migration is <strong>the</strong> circumstances under which<br />

<strong>the</strong> medical doctor works. Many medical doctors complain about <strong>the</strong> circumstances in<br />

Moroccan hospitals. When asked, about <strong>the</strong>ir desired changes in hospitals, <strong>the</strong> majority of<br />

respondents specified 3 or more changes to be accomplished. A following question in <strong>the</strong><br />

survey asked respondents to rate <strong>the</strong> difficulty <strong>the</strong>y find in treating patients on a scale<br />

from 0 to 10, with 0 as finding no difficulty and 10 as highly difficult. In order to test<br />

whe<strong>the</strong>r finding difficulties in treating patients affect physicians’ intention to migrate, a<br />

logit regression is performed with difficulty score as an independent variable and<br />

intention to migrate as a dependent variable.<br />

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