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Health Affairs, Vol 12, Supplement 1, 258-270
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Physician Satisfaction Under Managed Care

Data from a survey of young physicians have been analyzed to study the relationshilp between practicing medicine under managed care and the levels of perceived professional autonomy, practice satisfaction, and career satisfaction. Although practicing under managed care is associated with lower levels of perceived autonomy in patient selection and time allocation, it is associated with higher levels of perceived autonomy in use of hospital care, tests, and procedures. Specialists associated with managed care perceive more autonomy than generalists. Analyses of physicians' satisfaction with their practices and careers show that practicing under managed care is not uniformly associated with lower levels of satisfaction. Overall, managed care does not seem to have had the deleterious impact on medical practice that was forecast for it.

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