Relationship Between Physician Burnout and the Quality and Cost of Care for Medicare Beneficiaries is Complex

Lawrence P. Casalino, Jing Li, Lars E. Peterson, Diane Rittenhouse, Manyao Zhang, Eloise May O’Donnell and Robert L. Phillips

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Abstract: 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.

Keywords: PATIENT BURNOUT; PHYSICIAN BURNOUT; PHYSICIAN REPORTING; QUALITY OF CARE; MEDICARE SAVINGS PROGRAMS; PHYSICIANS; MEDICAID PATIENTS; MEDICARE; EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS; QUALITY MEASUREMENT (search for similar items in EconPapers)
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