Association between satisfaction and stress with aspects of job and practice management among primary care physicians

Quality in Primary Care

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 215-223

  Mazzaglia, Giampiero ^a   Lapi, Francesco ^a,b   Silvestri, Caterina ^a   Roti, Lorenzo ^c   Giustini, Saffi Ettore ^d   Buiatti, Eva ^a  

^a Regional Health Agency of Tuscany   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^c Local Health Authority N4   (Italy)

^d Italian College of General Practitioners   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cross sectional survey; Healthcare systems; Job satisfaction; Primary care; Primary care teams

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; JOB SATISFACTION; JOB STRESS; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GROUP PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; ITALY; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PRACTICE MANAGEMENT, MEDICAL; PRIVATE PRACTICE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 67651152922     PISSN: 14791072     EISSN: 14791064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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