Physician Professional Satisfaction and Area of Clinical Practice: Evidence from an Integrated Health Care Delivery System
| Autor: | Michael H. Kanter, Robert H. Brook, Sandra H. Berry, Nicole Ives, John P. Caloyeras, Chong Y Kim, Hemal K. Kanzaria |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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| Zdroj: | The Permanente journal, vol 20, iss 2 |
| ISSN: | 1552-5775 1552-5767 |
| DOI: | 10.7812/tpp/15-163 |
| Popis: | ContextFor 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.ObjectiveTo assess three domains of physician satisfaction by area of clinical practice among physicians practicing in an established integrated health system.DesignCross-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 outcome measuresPrimary measure was satisfaction with one's day-to-day professional life as a physician. Secondary measures were satisfaction with quality of care and income.ResultsOf 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.ConclusionIt 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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