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Home Research Research Library Relationship Between Physician Burnout And The Quality And Cost Of Care For Medicare Beneficiaries Is Complex Relationship Between Physician Burnout And The Quality And Cost Of Care For Medicare Beneficiaries Is Complex 2022 Author(s) Casalino, Lawrence P, Li, Jing, Peterson, Lars E, Rittenhouse, Diane R, Zhang, Manyao, O'Donnell, Eloise May, and Phillips, Robert L Topic(s) Role of Primary Care, and Achieving Health System Goals Keyword(s) Quality Of Care Volume Health Affairs Source Health Affairs Despite reports of a physician burnout epidemic, there is little research on the relationship between burnout and objective measures of care outcomes and no research on the relationship between burnout and costs of care. Linking survey data from 1,064 family physicians to Medicare claims, we found no consistent statistically significant relationship between seven categories of self-reported burnout and measures of ambulatory care-sensitive admissions, ambulatory care-sensitive emergency department visits, readmissions, or costs. The coefficients for ambulatory care-sensitive admissions and readmissions for all burnout levels, compared with never being burned out, were consistently negative (fewer ambulatory care-sensitive admissions and readmissions), suggesting that, counterintuitively, physicians who report burnout may nevertheless be able to create better outcomes for their patients. Even if true, this hypothesis should not indicate that physician burnout is beneficial or that efforts to reduce physician burnout are unimportant. Our findings suggest that the relationship between burnout and outcomes is complex and requires further investigation. Read More ABFM Research Read all 2021 Re-Envisioning Family Medicine Residencies: The End in Mind Go to Re-Envisioning Family Medicine Residencies: The End in Mind 2021 Factors Associated with Time Spent Practicing Sports Medicine by Those with a Certificate of Added Qualification Go to Factors Associated with Time Spent Practicing Sports Medicine by Those with a Certificate of Added Qualification 2021 Primary care perspectives on pandemic politics Go to Primary care perspectives on pandemic politics 2024 Underlying reasons for primary care visits where chlamydia testing was performed in the United States, 2019-2022 Go to Underlying reasons for primary care visits where chlamydia testing was performed in the United States, 2019-2022
Author(s) Casalino, Lawrence P, Li, Jing, Peterson, Lars E, Rittenhouse, Diane R, Zhang, Manyao, O'Donnell, Eloise May, and Phillips, Robert L Topic(s) Role of Primary Care, and Achieving Health System Goals Keyword(s) Quality Of Care Volume Health Affairs Source Health Affairs
ABFM Research Read all 2021 Re-Envisioning Family Medicine Residencies: The End in Mind Go to Re-Envisioning Family Medicine Residencies: The End in Mind 2021 Factors Associated with Time Spent Practicing Sports Medicine by Those with a Certificate of Added Qualification Go to Factors Associated with Time Spent Practicing Sports Medicine by Those with a Certificate of Added Qualification 2021 Primary care perspectives on pandemic politics Go to Primary care perspectives on pandemic politics 2024 Underlying reasons for primary care visits where chlamydia testing was performed in the United States, 2019-2022 Go to Underlying reasons for primary care visits where chlamydia testing was performed in the United States, 2019-2022
2021 Re-Envisioning Family Medicine Residencies: The End in Mind Go to Re-Envisioning Family Medicine Residencies: The End in Mind
2021 Factors Associated with Time Spent Practicing Sports Medicine by Those with a Certificate of Added Qualification Go to Factors Associated with Time Spent Practicing Sports Medicine by Those with a Certificate of Added Qualification
2021 Primary care perspectives on pandemic politics Go to Primary care perspectives on pandemic politics
2024 Underlying reasons for primary care visits where chlamydia testing was performed in the United States, 2019-2022 Go to Underlying reasons for primary care visits where chlamydia testing was performed in the United States, 2019-2022