What effect does increasing inpatient time have on outpatient-oriented internist satisfaction?

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 725-729

  Saint, Sanjay ^a,b,f   Zemencuk, Judith K ^a   Hayward, Rodney A ^a,b   Golin, Carol E ^c   Konrad, Thomas R ^d   Linzer, Mark ^e  

^a VA Center for Clinical Management Research   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Burnout; Hospitalists; Job satisfaction; Primary health care; Professional; Professional practice

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BURNOUT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERNAL MEDICINE; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRESS; TIME;

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALISTS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INSTITUTIONAL PRACTICE; INTERNAL MEDICINE; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0141650554     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1497.2003.20637.x     Document Type: Article

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