An empirical investigation of factors influencing career satisfaction of primary care physicians

Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 762-769

  Deshpande, Satish P ^a   DeMello, Jim ^a  

^a WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Career satisfaction; Empirical research; Primary care physicians; Surveys

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAREER PLANNING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPENSATION; FAMILY MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; INTERNAL MEDICINE; PEDIATRICIAN; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SATISFACTION;

DATA COLLECTION; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; PHYSICIANS, PRIMARY CARE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78649829417     PISSN: 15572625     EISSN: 15587118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2010.06.100075     Document Type: Article

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