Physician Professional Satisfaction and Area of Clinical Practice: Evidence from an Integrated Health Care Delivery System.
Perm J
; 20(2): 35-41, 2016.
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-27057819
ABSTRACT
CONTEXT For health care reform to succeed, health care systems need a professionally satisfied primary care workforce. Evidence suggests that primary care physicians are less satisfied than those in other medical specialties. OBJECTIVE:
To assess three domains of physician satisfaction by area of clinical practice among physicians practicing in an established integrated health system.DESIGN:
Cross-sectional online survey of all Southern California Permanente Medical Group (SCPMG) partner and associate physicians (N = 1034) who were primarily providing clinic-based care in 1 of 4 geographically and operationally distinct Kaiser Permanente Southern California Medical Centers. MAIN OUTCOMEMEASURES:
Primary measure was satisfaction with one's day-to-day professional life as a physician. Secondary measures were satisfaction with quality of care and income.RESULTS:
Of the 636 physicians responding to the survey (61.5% response rate), on average, 8 in 10 SCPMG physicians reported satisfaction with their day-to-day professional life as a physician. Primary care physicians were only minimally less likely to report being satisfied (difference of 8.2-9.5 percentage points; p < 0.05) than were other physicians. Nearly all physicians (98.2%) were satisfied with the quality of care they are able to provide. Roughly 8 in 10 physicians reported satisfaction with their income. No differences were found between primary care physicians and those in other clinical practice areas regarding satisfaction with quality of care or income.CONCLUSION:
It is possible to create practice settings, such as SCPMG, in which most physicians, including those in primary care, experience high levels of professional satisfaction.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Médicos de Família
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Prestação Integrada de Cuidados de Saúde
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Satisfação no Emprego
Tipo de estudo:
Observational_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Qualitative_research
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Adult
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Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Perm J
Ano de publicação:
2016
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Canadá