title: A profile of women medical directors in community and migrant health centers.
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.
authors.affiliation: Public Health Program, Department of Health Administration, School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, USA.
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Samuels
authors.forename: C R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Cochran
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Shi
mesh_terms: D003151:Community Health Centers / Q000458:organization & administration*; D018864:Cultural Diversity; D003625:Data Collection; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D008297:Male; D008507:Medically Underserved Area; D008486:Physician Executives / Q000145:classification / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D010822:Physicians, Women / Q000706:statistics & numerical data* / Q000600:supply & distribution; D011365:Professional Practice Location; D014171:Transients and Migrants; D014481:United States; D000078329:Workforce