Team structure and culture are associated with lower burnout in primary care

Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 229-238

  Willard Grace, Rachel ^a,b   Hessler, Danielle ^a,b   Rogers, Elizabeth ^b   Dubé, Kate ^b   Bodenheimer, Thomas ^a,b   Grumbach, Kevin ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Burnout; Organizational culture; Patient care team; Primary health care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BURNOUT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EMOTIONAL STRESS; EXHAUSTION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL ASSISTANT; NURSE PRACTITIONER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIAN; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RESIDENT; TEAM STRUCTURE; TEAMWORK; VITAL SIGN;

BURNOUT; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAN FRANCISCO;

EID: 84896794937     PISSN: 15572625     EISSN: 15587118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2014.02.130215     Document Type: Article

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