Incentive payments to academic anesthesiologists for late afternoon work did not influence turnover times

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 108, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1622-1626

  Masursky, Danielle ^a   Dexter, Franklin ^b   Garver, Michael P ^a   Nussmeier, Nancy A ^a  

^a SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; JOB PERFORMANCE; PHYSICIAN INCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SHIFT WORKER; WORKLOAD; ANESTHESIOLOGY; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; MANPOWER; MOTIVATION; OPERATING ROOM; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; SALARY AND FRINGE BENEFIT; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANESTHESIA DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; ANESTHESIOLOGY; HUMANS; MOTIVATION; OPERATING ROOMS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; PHYSICIAN INCENTIVE PLANS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SALARIES AND FRINGE BENEFITS; TIME FACTORS; WORKLOAD;

EID: 65349172419     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ane.0b013e31819e7504     Document Type: Article

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