Factors affecting time allocations of teaching physicians.
Regression analysis was used to determine the relative influence of amounts of compensation from patient care and research, as well as teaching hospital characteristics, specialty, and compensation arrangements (strict full time versus geographic full time), on teaching physicians' time allocation between patient care and teaching/research activities. The results show that the amounts of compensation and the compensation arrangements have some effects, but physician specialty, hospital size and ownership, and whether the hospital's patients are private or non-private are more important determinants of their time allocations.
D004501:Education, Medical; D006784:Hospitals, Teaching; D006801:Humans; D007182:Income; D008511:Medicine; D010820:Physicians; D011331:Private Practice; D013038:Specialization; D013663:Teaching; D013997:Time Factors