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Article: Satisfaction higher for physician executives who treat patients, survey finds. (Big Business/Noble Profession).
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- Physician Executive
- Article date:
- May 1, 2002
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PHYSICIAN EXECUTIVES who continue to treat patients appear to be more satisfied with their jobs than those who don't see patients, a new survey shows.
The survey is believed to be the first, national empirical study to examine the relationship between physician executives' job satisfaction and their performance, their perceptions of their organization and their personal and demographic characteristics.
The study uncovered a significant relationship between job satisfaction and clinical, practice. In addition, an overwhelming majority --83%-- of those who were not satisfied with their jobs didn't see patients on a regular basis.
This echoes an ...