Physician Burnout, Well-being, and Work Unit Safety Grades in Relationship to Reported Medical Errors.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To evaluate physician burnout, well-being, and work unit safety grades in relationship to perceived major medical errors.

Participants and methods

From August 28, 2014, to October 6, 2014, we conducted a population-based survey of US physicians in active practice regarding burnout, fatigue, suicidal ideation, work unit safety grade, and recent medical errors. Multivariate logistic regression and mixed-effects hierarchical models evaluated the associations among burnout, well-being measures, work unit safety grades, and medical errors.

Results

Of 6695 responding physicians in active practice, 6586 provided information on the areas of interest: 3574 (54.3%) reported symptoms of burnout, 2163 (32.8%) reported excessive fatigue, and 427 (6.5%) reported recent su

SUBMITTER: Tawfik DS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6258067 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature