Employed family physician satisfaction and commitment to their practice, work group, and health care organization.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Test a model of family physician job satisfaction and commitment.

Data sources/study setting

Data were collected from 1,482 family physicians in a Midwest state during 2000-2001. The sampling frame came from the membership listing of the state's family physician association, and the analyzed dataset included family physicians employed by large multispecialty group practices.

Study design and data collection

A cross-sectional survey was used to collect data about physician working conditions, job satisfaction, commitment, and demographic variables.

Principal findings

The response rate was 47 percent. Different variables predicted the different measures of satisfaction and commitment. Satisfaction with one's health care organization (HCO) was most stron

SUBMITTER: Karsh BT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2838155 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature