Is the public healthcare sector a more strenuous working environment than the private sector for a physician?

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 11-17

  Heponiemi, Tarja ^a   Sinervo, Timo ^a   Elovainio, Marko ^a   Kouvonen, Anne ^b  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

health risk behaviour; physician; private health care; public health care

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; DANGEROUS GOODS; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS; VIOLENCE; WORKPLACE;

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; FINLAND; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; HEALTH CARE SECTOR; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHYSICIANS; PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC SECTOR; VIOLENCE; WORKPLACE;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84872929083     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: 16511905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1403494812467505     Document Type: Article

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