Work hours and turnover intention among hospital physicians in Taiwan: does income matter?

• Published in: BMC health services research Vol. 16; no. 1; pp. 667 - 8
• Main Authors: Tsai, Yu-Hsuan, Huang, Nicole, Chien, Li-Yin, Chiang, Jen-Huai, Chiou, Shu-Ti
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 21.11.2016; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Adult; Analysis; Compensation and benefits; Consent; Economic incentives; Employee turnover; Expenditures; Family physicians; Female; Health care policy; Health promotion; Hospital physicians; Hospitals; Humans; Industrialized nations; Intention; Job Satisfaction; Labor standards; Likert scale; Logistic Models; Male; Medical Staff, Hospital - psychology; Medical Staff, Hospital - statistics & numerical data; Medical Staff, Hospital - supply & distribution; Mental health; Middle Aged; Occupational safety; Patient satisfaction; Pay satisfaction; Personnel Turnover - statistics & numerical data; Physicians; Practice; Questionnaires; Salaries and Fringe Benefits; Science; Sociodemographics; Statistical analysis; Studies; Surveys and Questionnaires; Taiwan; Turnover intention; Variables; Work hours; Working hours; Workload - statistics & numerical data; Workloads; Taiwan; Turnover intention; Pay satisfaction; Work hours; Hospital physicians

Physician shortage has become an urgent and critical challenge to many countries. According to the workforce dynamic model, long work hours may be one major pressure point to the attrition of physicians. Financial incentive is a common tool to human power retention. Therefore, this large-scale physi...