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Understanding physicians' intentions to withdraw from practice: The role of job satisfaction, job stress, mental and physical health

  • Eric S. Williams
  • , Thomas R. Konrad
  • , William E. Scheckler
  • , Donald E. Pathman
  • , Mark Linzer
  • , Julia E. McMurray
  • , Martha Gerrity
  • , Mark Schwartz

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Abstract

Health care organizations may incur high costs due to a stressed, dissatisfied physician workforce. This study proposes and tests a model relating job stress to four intentions to withdraw from practice mediated by job satisfaction and perceptions of physical and mental health.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)7-19
Number of pages13
JournalHealth Care Management Review
Volume26
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 2001

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
This study was supported by grants from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (027069) and the National Research Service Award Training Program of the U .S . Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (5-T32-PE141001 and 5-T32-HS000032-07) .

Keywords

  • Intention to leave
  • Job satisfaction
  • Job stress
  • Mental health
  • Physical health
  • Physicians

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