Factors associated with career satisfaction and burnout among US neurosurgeons: Results of a nationwide survey

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 123, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 161-173

  McAbee, Joseph H ^a   Ragel, Brian T ^b   McCartney, Shirley ^a   Jones, G Morgan ^c,d   Michael, L Madison ^c,e   DeCuypere, Michael ^c   Cheng, Joseph S ^f   Boop, Frederick A ^c,e,g   Klimo, Paul ^c,e,g,h  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Department of Neurosurgery ^*  (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^e Semmes Murphey Neurologic and Spine Institute   (United States)

^f VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g LE BONHEUR CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^h LE BONHEUR CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Burnout; Career; Health care reform; Neurosurgery; Satisfaction; Survey

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BURNOUT; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; MALE; MALPRACTICE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGEON; NEUROSURGERY; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED STATES; ANXIETY; DECISION MAKING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INCIDENCE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; SPECIALIZATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; CAREER CHOICE; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; JOB SATISFACTION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGERY; PREVALENCE; SPECIALIZATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84941736711     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2014.12.JNS141348     Document Type: Article

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