Opportunity loss: care team job satisfaction and urgent care, emergency department, and hospital costs for patients with cardiovascular disease.

This article analysed the association between job satisfaction in primary care teams and urgent care, emergency department, and hospital costs for the team's patients with cardiovascular disease. Greater satisfaction with primary care team freedom of work methods, work hours, and income were associated with fewer hospital days and lower medical care costs for the team's patients with cardiovascular disease. Health care employee job satisfaction in primary care is an important factor to consider in efforts to lower medical costs for patients with cardiovascular disease.