Workload, burnout, and medical mistakes among physicians in China: A cross-sectional study

BioScience Trends

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 27-33

  Wen, Jin ^a   Cheng, Yongzhong ^a   Hu, Xiuying ^a   Yuan, Ping ^b   Hao, Tianyou ^b   Shi, Yingkang ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Burnout; Cross sectional study; Medical mistakes; Physicians; Workload

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BURNOUT; CHINA; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL ERROR; PHYSICIAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; CHINA; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICAL ERRORS; PHYSICIANS; RISK FACTORS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84960387331     PISSN: 18817815     EISSN: 18817823     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5582/bst.2015.01175     Document Type: Article

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