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Author Friedberg, Mark W., author.

Title Factors affecting physician professional satisfaction and their implications for patient care, health systems, and health policy / the RAND Corporation: Mark William Friedberg, Peggy G. Chen, Kristin R. Van Busum, Frances Aunon, Chau Pham, John Caloyeras, Soeren Mattke, Emma Pitchforth, Denise D. Quigley, Robert H. Brook ; American Medical Association: F. Jay Crosson, Michael Tutty.

Publication Info. Santa Monica, CA : Rand Corp., 2013.

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Description 1 online resource (150 pages) : illustrations.
data file
Series Research report
Research report (Rand Corporation)
Note "Produced within RAND Health, a division of the RAND Corporation."
"RR-439-AMA."
Summary One of the American Medical Association's core strategic objectives is to advance health care delivery and payment models that enable high-quality, affordable care and restore and preserve physician satisfaction. Such changes could yield a more sustainable and effective health care system with highly motivated physicians. To that end, the AMA asked RAND Health to characterize the factors that lead to physician satisfaction. RAND sought to identify high-priority determinants of professional satisfaction that can be targeted within a variety of practice types, especially as smaller and independent practices are purchased by or become affiliated with hospitals and larger delivery systems. Researchers gathered data from 30 physician practices in six states, using a combination of surveys and semistructured interviews. This report presents the results of the subsequent analysis, addressing such areas as physicians' perceptions of the quality of care, use of electronic health records, autonomy, practice leadership, and work quantity and pace. Among other things, the researchers found that physicians who perceived themselves or their practices as providing high-quality care reported better professional satisfaction. Physicians, especially those in primary care, were frustrated when demands for greater quantity of care limited the time they could spend with each patient, detracting from the quality of care in some cases. Electronic health records were a source of both promise and frustration, with major concerns about interoperability between systems and with the amount of physician time involved in data entry.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Contents Introduction -- Background: scan of the literature on physician professional satisfaction -- Methods -- Conceptual model -- Characteristics of the survey sample -- Quality of care -- Electronic health records -- Autonomy and work control -- Practice leadership -- Collegiality, fairness, and respect -- Work quantity and pace -- Work content, allied health professionals, and support staff -- Payment, income, and practice finances -- Regulatory and professional liability concerns -- Health reform -- Conclusions.
Funding Sponsored by the American Medical Association
Local Note JSTOR Books at JSTOR Open Access
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Physicians -- Job satisfaction -- United States.
Physicians -- Job satisfaction.
United States.
Physicians -- United States -- Attitudes.
Physicians.
Medicine -- Practice -- United States.
Medicine -- Practice.
Medical care -- United States -- Quality control.
Medical care.
Quality control.
United States.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Subject Medical care.
Genre/Form Technical reports.
Technical reports.
Added Author Chen, Peggy G., author.
Van Busum, Kristin R., author.
Aunon, Frances M., author.
Pham, Chau, author.
Caloyeras, John P., author.
Mattke, Soeren, author.
Pitchforth, Emma, author.
Quigley, Denise D., author.
Brook, Robert H. (Robert Henry), 1943- author.
Crosson, Francis J., 1945- author.
Tutty, Michael, author.
RAND Health, issuing body.
American Medical Association, sponsoring body.
Note At head of title: Research Report
Added Title Physician professional satisfaction and their implications for patient care, health systems, and health policy
Other Form: Print version: Factors Affecting Physician Professional Satisfaction and Their Implications for Patient Care, Health Systems, and Health Policy. Santa Monica, CA : Rand Corp., 2013 9780833082206 (OCoLC)860753776
ISBN 9780833083623 (electronic book)
0833083627 (electronic book)
9780833082213 (electronic book)
0833082213 (electronic book)
9780833082206
0833082205