Is burnout associated with referral rates among primary care physicians in community clinics?

Kushnir, T., Greenberg, D., Madjar, N., et al.
Submitted: February, 2014

In this preliminary investigation, we found that referral rates for diagnostic tests and specialist clinics increased independently for board-certified specialists (compared with GPs), for those with higher burnout levels and when objective workload increases. These findings support the conceptualization of referrals rates as objectively measured negative outcomes of burnout. Further replications with other objective outcomes, additional HMOs and bigger samples are warranted.

Resource Type:
  • Peer Reviewed Research
Study Design:
  • Survey/Study
Category:
  • Practice Transformation & Payment Models
  • Burnout, Well-being, & Professionalism
  • Patient Safety & Medical Errors
  • Patient-Centered
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