Workplace relational factors and physicians' intention to withdraw from practice

Health Care Management Review

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 178-187

  Masselink, Leah E ^a   Lee, Shoou Yih D ^a,b   Konrad, Thomas R ^a,b,c  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Physician turnover; Withdrawal from practice; Workplace relations

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICIAN; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORK EXPERIENCE; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; FEMALE; GROUP PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTENTION; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; JOB SATISFACTION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONNEL LOYALTY; PERSONNEL TURNOVER; PHYSICIANS; PRIVATE PRACTICE; UNITED STATES; WORKPLACE;

EID: 42049103680     PISSN: 03616274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.HMR.0000304507.50674.28     Document Type: Article

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