Provider workload and quality of care in primary care settings: Moderating role of relational climate

Medical Care

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 108-114

  Mohr, David C ^a,b   Benzer, Justin K ^a,b   Young, Gary J ^a,c  

^a VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

climate; patient care team; Patient satisfaction; primary health care; Veterans Affairs (U.S.); workload

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKLOAD;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESSES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84871591105     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: 15371948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e318277f1cb     Document Type: Article

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