title: The physician as department administrator in an academic institution.
abstract: As the delivery of health care is operated like a business, physicians feel a sense of loss of autonomy and control over their profession. As both the payor and the consumer play more participatory roles in health care decisions, physicians are beginning to see an administrative role as partial satisfaction of the need to proactively plan for their specialty's future. This paper examines the physician administrator's role in an academic setting.
authors.affiliation: University of Wisconsin Medical School, Madison 53792.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gillham
mesh_terms: D000046:Academic Medical Centers / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006748:Hospital Departments / Q000458:organization & administration*; D007857:Leadership; D008486:Physician Executives; D014481:United States