The Effects of a Primary Care Transformation Initiative on Primary Care Physician Burnout and Workplace Experience.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Physician burnout is associated with deleterious effects for physicians and their patients and might be exacerbated by practice transformation.

Objective

Assess the effect of the Comprehensive Primary Care (CPC) initiative on primary care physician experience.

Design

Prospective cohort study conducted with about 500 CPC and 900 matched comparison practices. Mail surveys of primary care physicians, selected using cross-sectional stratified random selection 11 months into CPC, and a longitudinal design with sample replacement 44 months into CPC.

Participants

Primary care physicians in study practices.

Intervention

A multipayer primary care transformation initiative (October 2012-December 2016) that required care delivery changes and provided enh

SUBMITTER: Peikes DN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6318185 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature