Factors affecting physician professional satisfaction and their implications for patient care, health systems, and health policy / / the Rand Corporation, Mark W. Friedberg [and nine others] ; American Medical Association, F. Jay Crossen, Michael Tutty ; sponsored by the American Medical Association.

• Superior document: Research report
• Author: American Medical Association,
• VerfasserIn: Friedberg, Mark W.,
• TeilnehmendeR: RAND Health,; Rand Corporation,; American Medical Association,
• Place / Publishing House: Santa Monica, CA : : Rand Health, American Medical Association,, [2013]; 2013
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Language: English
• Series: Research report (Rand Corporation)
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (149 pages) :; color illustrations.
• Notes: "Rand Corporation"--Cover.

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...

Table of 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.