Journal of Ambulatory Care Management
Volume 24, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 84-91

A profile of women medical directors in community and migrant health centers (Article)

Samuels M.E.* , Cochran C.R. , Shi L.
  • a Department of Health Administration, School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, United States
  • b Department of Health Administration, School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, United States
  • c Department of Health Administration, School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, United States

Abstract

This article looks at the nation's community and migrant health centers, where substantial numbers of female physicians are medical directors, the second highest executive position, in search of insights for managed care organizations for recruiting and retaining women medical directors. This paper provides the first comparative national profile of women and men community and migrant health center (C/MHC) medical directors in terms of their personal and work characteristics, as well as job satisfaction. The study findings indicate that, for the most part, female medical directors do not differ much from their male colleagues in issues of work characteristics or job satisfaction.

Author Keywords

Medical directors physicians Women Community health centers

Index Keywords

male controlled study sex difference female normal human Job Satisfaction female physician health center administrative personnel job performance Article manager community care human
Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-0035179308&doi=10.1097%2f00004479-200101000-00009&partnerID=40&md5=01f782e1bd852abb67760a37cad8b76d
DOI: 10.1097/00004479-200101000-00009
ISSN: 01489917
Cited by: 2
Original Language: English