A conceptual model of physician work intensity: Guidance for evaluating policies and practices to improve health care delivery

Medical Care

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 654-661

  Horner, Ronnie D ^a   Matthews, Gerald ^a   Yi, Michael S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

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

Author keywords

physician; stress; theoretical model; time management; workload

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SERVICE; PHYSICIAN WORK INTENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKLOAD;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; ENVIRONMENT; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; PHYSICIANS; PRACTICE MANAGEMENT, MEDICAL; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84863849256     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: 15371948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e31825516f7     Document Type: Article

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