Characterization of Nonphysician Health Care Workers' Burnout and Subsequent Changes in Work Effort.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Burnout is a pervasive, unrelenting problem among health care workers (HCWs), with detrimental impact to patients. Data on the impact of burnout on workforce staffing are limited and could help build a financial case for action to address system-level contributors to burnout.

Objective

To explore the association of burnout and professional satisfaction with changes in work effort over 24 months in a large cohort of nonphysician HCWs.

Design, setting, and participants

This longitudinal cohort study was conducted in Rochester, Minnesota; Scottsdale and Phoenix, Arizona; Jacksonville, Florida; and community-based hospitals and health care facilities in the Midwest among nonphysician HCWs who responded to 2 surveys from 2015 to 2017. Analysis was completed Nove

SUBMITTER: Dyrbye LN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8379653 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature