Effect of emergency physician burnout on patient waiting times

Internal and Emergency Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2018, Pages 421-428

  De Stefano, Carla ^a,e   Philippon, Anne Laure ^b,c   Krastinova, Evguenia ^d   Hausfater, Pierre ^b,c   Riou, Bruno ^b,c   Adnet, Frederic ^a,e   Freund, Yonathan ^b,c  

^a AVICENNE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^d HÔPITAL SAINT ANTOINE   (France)

^e Laboratory Educations and Health Practices   (France)

Author keywords

Burnout; Emergency department; Waiting times

Indexed keywords

BURNOUT; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DISEASE MODEL; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSE; ODDS RATIO; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGIST; ADULT; COMPLICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; LENGTH OF STAY; MANPOWER; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOLOGY; STANDARDS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME FACTOR; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADULT; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PHYSICIANS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 85021795752     PISSN: 18280447     EISSN: 19709366     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11739-017-1706-9     Document Type: Article

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