Nationwide survey of internal medicine hospitalists in Korea: motivation and sustainability of a hospitalist career.
Korean J Intern Med
; 38(3): 434-443, 2023 05.
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| ID: mdl-37038263
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND/AIMS:
Although a management fee for hospitalist service was established in Korea, the number of hospitalists required for the system to run remains outmatched.METHODS:
In January 2020 and February 2022, before and after the establishment of the hospitalist fee system respectively, cross-sectional online surveys were conducted among internal medicine board-certified hospitalists.RESULTS:
There were 59 and 64 respondents in the 2020 and 2022 surveys, respectively. The percentage of respondents who cited financial benefits as a motive for becoming a hospitalist was higher in the 2022 survey than in the 2020 survey (34.4% vs. 10.2%; p = 0.001). The annual salary of respondents was also higher in the 2022 survey than in the 2020 survey (mean, 182.9 vs. 163.0 million in South Korean Won; p = 0.006). A total of 81.3% of the respondents were willing to continue a hospitalist career in the 2022 survey. In multivariate regression analysis, the possibility of being appointed as a professor was found to be an independent predictive factor of continuing a hospitalist career (odds ratio, 4.00; 95% confidence interval, 1.09-14.75; p = 0.037).CONCLUSION:
Since the establishment of the hospitalist fee system, monetary compensation has improved for hospitalists. The possibility of being appointed as a professor could predict long-term work as hospitalists.Key words
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Hospitalists
Type of study:
Observational_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limits:
Humans
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
En
Journal:
Korean J Intern Med
Journal subject:
MEDICINA INTERNA
Year:
2023
Document type:
Article