The Relationship Between Professional Burnout and Quality and Safety in Healthcare: A Meta-Analysis

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 475-482

  Salyers, Michelle P ^a,b   Bonfils, Kelsey A ^a,b   Luther, Lauren ^a,b   Firmin, Ruth L ^a,b   White, Dominique A ^a,b   Adams, Erin L ^a,b   Rollins, Angela L ^a,b,c  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ACT Center of Indiana   (United States)

^c RICHARD L ROUDEBUSH VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

burnout; healthcare outcomes; meta analysis; quality of care

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; BURNOUT; DEPERSONALIZATION; EMOTIONAL STRESS; EUROPEAN; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; NORTH AMERICAN; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN; REDUCED PERSONAL ACCOMPLISHMENT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; PSYCHOLOGY; STANDARDS;

BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84992391838     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-016-3886-9     Document Type: Article

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