Physician Perception of the Impact of Productivity Measures on Academic Practice
Author(s) -
Ross Summer,
Renda Soylemez Wiener,
Dan Carroll,
Alan Sager
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
archives of internal medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1538-3679
pISSN - 0003-9926
DOI - 10.1001/archinternmed.2012.1579
Subject(s) - productivity , odds , perception , psychology , odds ratio , medical education , clinical practice , medicine , family medicine , economics , logistic regression , economic growth , neuroscience
Over the last 40 years, financial pressures and incentives have reshaped health care delivery in the United States. One important recent change is the implementation of measures to quantify and incentivize physician work.1–3 Although implementation of productivity targets has been shown to increase physician work, the impact of these changes on the academic missions of teaching, research and patient care has not been adequately studied.
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