Opportunity loss: care team job satisfaction and urgent care, emergency department, and hospital costs for patients with cardiovascular disease.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study evaluates the association between primary care team job satisfaction and urgent care, emergency department, and hospital costs for their patients with cardiovascular disease (CVD).

Study design

Electronic health record (EHR)-extracted observational study alongside a cross-sectional health care professional survey.

Methods

A total of 143 health professionals, including physicians and clinical staff, at 5 US primary care clinics participated in a cross-sectional survey about job satisfaction. Urgent care visits, emergency department visits, hospital visit days, and medical costs in the past 12 months for each care team's panel of patients were extracted from the EHR. Three-level hierarchical modelling evaluated the link between team job satisfaction

SUBMITTER: Mundt MP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9508867 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature