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September 14, 2022BMJOpen Access

Associations of physician burnout with career engagement and quality of patient care: systematic review and meta-analysis

Alexander Hodkinson Anli Yue Zhou Judith Johnson Keith Geraghty Ruth Riley Andrew Zhou Efharis Panagopoulou Carolyn Chew‐Graham David H. Peters Aneez Esmail Maria Panagioti

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This research aims to examine the relationship between physician burnout and its impact on career engagement and patient care quality.
Conducted a systematic review of existing literature
Performed a meta-analysis to quantify associations
Included studies that focused on physician burnout and patient care outcomes
Identified a significant negative association between physician burnout and patient care quality
Career engagement was positively correlated with higher patient care quality
Burnout levels were found to influence physician career engagement

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Systematic review reveals links between physician burnout and patient care quality, suggesting implications for healthcare management.

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PROSPERO number CRD42021249492.

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Hodkinson et al. (2022) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69da16a4387cf70698685f75 https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj-2022-070442

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