The majority of foreign doctors trained in the US or Western Europe are under various foreign government programs that require they return at the completion of their education and serve the public for a period of several years; approximately 8-12 years in Thailand, for example. Most stay after their indentured labor expires, however, both for the desire to stay in their home country and because apart from the monetary incentive, being a physician in the United States is not a particularly enticing position. By staying in their home country, these physicians will receive far more respect for their position than they would in the United States, work fewer hours with less stress, and not have to worry about the frivolous litigation that plagues US doctors. Further, while by US standards they are paid scraps, by local standards they are very well to do and their lifestyles are as comfortable in their native countries as they would be in the US.