The impact of administrative burden on academic physicians: Results of a hospital-wide physician survey

Academic Medicine

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 237-243

  Rao, Sandhya K ^a   Kimball, Alexa B ^b   Lehrhoff, Sara R ^c   Hidrue, Michael K ^c   Colton, Deborah G ^d   Ferris, Timothy G ^e   Torchiana, David F ^e  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c Massachusetts General Physicians Organization   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

^e PARTNERS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BURNOUT; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; FACULTY, MEDICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIANS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84994667419     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: 1938808X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0000000000001461     Document Type: Article

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