Table 1

Examples of monetary value of job characteristics

Attribute

Gosden et al. 2000 [61]

Scott, 2001 [44]

Opportunity to develop interest

-GBP 2269 to develop interest

+GBP 35 to develop interest

Out-of-hours worked (night shifts)

-GBP 402.67 for some hours done

+GBP 13 533 for some

+GBP 19 708 for more

List size

+GBP 9 per additional patient

+GBP 12 per additional patient

Extended Primary Care Team

-GBP 2 393.30 for an extended team

Administrative responsibilities

-GBP 1092 if no financial management responsibility

+GBP 1.10 per extra hour/year spent on administration

Change in daytime working hours

+GBP 701 per extra hour per week

+GBP 13 per extra hour per year

Use of guidelines

-GBP 3477 to use guidelines

Highly deprived patients

+GBP 5029 to work with such a population

Moderately deprived patients

+GBP 1034 to work with such a population

Note: A positive monetary value of a job characteristic can be interpreted as willingness to be compensated: it is the average salary increase needed to impose such a work characteristic. By contrast, a negative monetary value represents the salary cut respondents are ready to accept to benefit from the proposed job characteristic.

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