Physician work intensity among medical specialties: Emerging evidence on its magnitude and composition

Medical Care

Volumn 49, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1007-1011

  Horner, Ronnie D ^a,b   Szaflarski, Jerzy P ^a   Ying, Jun ^a   Meganathan, Karthikeyan ^a   Matthews, Gerald ^a   Schroer, Brian ^a   Weber, Debra ^a   Raphaelson, Marc ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c American Academy of Neurology   (United States)

Author keywords

DSSQ; medical specialties; MRQ; NASA TLX; personal health services; stress; SWAT; workload

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FAMILY MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NEUROLOGY; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SURGEON; UNITED STATES; WORKLOAD;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MALE; MEDICINE; NEUROLOGY; PHYSICIANS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WORKLOAD;

EID: 80054895542     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: 15371948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e31822dcdc7     Document Type: Article

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