An estimate of the cost of burnout on early retirement and reduction in clinical hours of practicing physicians in Canada

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Dewa, Carolyn S ^a,b   Jacobs, Philip ^c,d   Thanh, Nguyen Xuan ^c   Loong, Desmond ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c INSTITUTE OF HEALTH ECONOMICS   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Burnout; Cost; Physician; Productivity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BURNOUT; CANADA; ECONOMICS; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOLOGY; RETIREMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; CANADA; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ECONOMIC; PHYSICIANS; RETIREMENT; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84902064740     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-14-254     Document Type: Article

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