Mental well-being and job satisfaction in general practitioners in Denmark and their patients' change of general practitioner: a cohort study combining survey data and register data.

ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVES:Low job satisfaction and poor well-being (eg, stress and burnout) among physicians may have negative consequences for patient experienced healthcare quality. In primary care, this could manifest in patients choosing another general practitioner (GP). The objective of this study was to examine change of GP (COGP) (unrelated to change of address) among patients in relation to their GPs' job satisfaction, well-being and self-assessed work-ability. DESIGN AND SETTING:Data from a nationwide questionnaire survey among Danish GPs in May 2016 was combined with register data on their listed patients. Associations between patients' COGP in the 6-month study period (from May 2016) and the job satisfaction/well-being of their GP were estimated as risk ratios (RRs) at the individual patient

SUBMITTER: Noroxe KB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6858117 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature