Understanding physicians' intentions to withdraw from practice: The role of job satisfaction, job stress, mental and physical health

Eric S. Williams; Thomas R. Konrad; William E. Scheckler; Donald E. Pathman; Mark Linzer; Julia E. McMurray; Martha Gerrity; Mark Schwartz

doi:10.1097/00004010-200101000-00002

Understanding physicians' intentions to withdraw from practice: The role of job satisfaction, job stress, mental and physical health

Eric S. Williams, Thomas R. Konrad, William E. Scheckler, Donald E. Pathman, Mark Linzer, Julia E. McMurray, Martha Gerrity, Mark Schwartz

Medicine - Geriatrics, Palliative and Primary Care (GPPC)

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Abstract

Health care organizations may incur high costs due to a stressed, dissatisfied physician workforce. This study proposes and tests a model relating job stress to four intentions to withdraw from practice mediated by job satisfaction and perceptions of physical and mental health.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	7-19
Number of pages	13
Journal	Health Care Management Review
Volume	26
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1097/00004010-200101000-00002
State	Published - 2001

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This study was supported by grants from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (027069) and the National Research Service Award Training Program of the U .S . Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (5-T32-PE141001 and 5-T32-HS000032-07) .

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Intention to leave
Job satisfaction
Job stress
Mental health
Physical health
Physicians

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