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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 2024 Primary Care Physicians’ Satisfaction With Interoperable Health Information Technology Go to Primary Care Physicians’ Satisfaction With Interoperable Health Information Technology 2016 Community Vital Signs: Taking the Pulse of the Community While Caring for Patients Go to Community Vital Signs: Taking the Pulse of the Community While Caring for Patients 2014 Spending patterns in region of residency training and subsequent expenditures for care provided by practicing physicians for Medicare beneficiaries Go to Spending patterns in region of residency training and subsequent expenditures for care provided by practicing physicians for Medicare beneficiaries 2013 Relying on NPs and PAs Does Not Avoid the Need for Policy Solutions for Primary Care Go to Relying on NPs and PAs Does Not Avoid the Need for Policy Solutions for Primary Care
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 2024 Primary Care Physicians’ Satisfaction With Interoperable Health Information Technology Go to Primary Care Physicians’ Satisfaction With Interoperable Health Information Technology 2016 Community Vital Signs: Taking the Pulse of the Community While Caring for Patients Go to Community Vital Signs: Taking the Pulse of the Community While Caring for Patients 2014 Spending patterns in region of residency training and subsequent expenditures for care provided by practicing physicians for Medicare beneficiaries Go to Spending patterns in region of residency training and subsequent expenditures for care provided by practicing physicians for Medicare beneficiaries 2013 Relying on NPs and PAs Does Not Avoid the Need for Policy Solutions for Primary Care Go to Relying on NPs and PAs Does Not Avoid the Need for Policy Solutions for Primary Care
2024 Primary Care Physicians’ Satisfaction With Interoperable Health Information Technology Go to Primary Care Physicians’ Satisfaction With Interoperable Health Information Technology
2016 Community Vital Signs: Taking the Pulse of the Community While Caring for Patients Go to Community Vital Signs: Taking the Pulse of the Community While Caring for Patients
2014 Spending patterns in region of residency training and subsequent expenditures for care provided by practicing physicians for Medicare beneficiaries Go to Spending patterns in region of residency training and subsequent expenditures for care provided by practicing physicians for Medicare beneficiaries
2013 Relying on NPs and PAs Does Not Avoid the Need for Policy Solutions for Primary Care Go to Relying on NPs and PAs Does Not Avoid the Need for Policy Solutions for Primary Care
