Job satisfaction of general practitioners: a cross-sectional survey in 34 countries.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Job satisfaction of general practitioners (GPs) is important because of the consequences of low satisfaction for GPs, their patients and the health system, such as higher turnover, health problems for the physicians themselves, less satisfied patients, poor clinical outcomes and suboptimal health care delivery. In this study, we aim to explain differences in the job satisfaction of GPs within and between countries.

Methods

We performed a secondary analysis of cross-sectional survey data, collected between 2010 and 2012 on 7379 GPs in 34 (mostly European) countries, as well as data on country and health system characteristics from public databases. Job satisfaction is measured through a composite score of six items about self-reported job experience. Operationalisa

SUBMITTER: Stobbe EJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8077953 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature