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Anita B. Varkey
Researcher at Loyola University Chicago
Publications - 15
Citations - 1288
Anita B. Varkey is an academic researcher from Loyola University Chicago. The author has contributed to research in topics: Burnout & Randomized controlled trial. The author has an hindex of 12, co-authored 14 publications receiving 1102 citations. Previous affiliations of Anita B. Varkey include Loyola University Medical Center & Rush Medical College.
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Working Conditions in Primary Care: Physician Reactions and Care Quality
Mark Linzer,Linda Baier Manwell,Eric S. Williams,James A. Bobula,Roger L. Brown,Anita B. Varkey,Bernice Man,Julia E. McMurray,Ann Maguire,Barbara A. Horner-Ibler,Mark D. Schwartz +10 more
TL;DR: Adverse workflow (time pressure and chaotic environments), low work control, and unfavorable organizational culture were strongly associated with low physician satisfaction, high stress, burnout, and intent to leave, and no associations were seen between adverse physician reactions and the quality of patient care.
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A Cluster Randomized Trial of Interventions to Improve Work Conditions and Clinician Burnout in Primary Care: Results from the Healthy Work Place (HWP) Study
Mark Linzer,Mark Linzer,Sara Poplau,Ellie Grossman,Anita B. Varkey,Steven H. Yale,Eric S. Williams,Lanis L. Hicks,Roger L. Brown,Jill Wallock,Diane Kohnhorst,Michael Barbouche +11 more
TL;DR: Organizations may be able to improve burnout, dissatisfaction and retention by addressing communication and workflow, and initiating QI projects targeting clinician concerns.
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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in women: exploring gender differences
TL;DR: COPD in women is an understudied subject but is gaining attention as a significant public health threat in developed countries and in developing countries, efforts at preventing the initiation of tobacco smoking and targeting smoking cessation programs in women are needed.
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Separate and Unequal: Clinics Where Minority and Nonminority Patients Receive Primary Care
Anita B. Varkey,Anita B. Varkey,Linda Baier Manwell,Eric S. Williams,Said A. Ibrahim,Roger L. Brown,James A. Bobula,Barbara A. Horner-Ibler,Mark D. Schwartz,Thomas R. Konrad,Jacqueline Wiltshire,Mark Linzer +11 more
TL;DR: Clinics serving higher proportions of minority patients have more challenging workplace and organizational characteristics and are more likely to have chaotic work environments, regression analyses show.
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Effects of 2- vs 4-week attending physician inpatient rotations on unplanned patient revisits, evaluations by trainees, and attending physician burnout: a randomized trial.
Brian P. Lucas,William E. Trick,Arthur T. Evans,Benjamin,Jennifer S. Smith,Krishna Das,Peter Clarke,Anita B. Varkey,Suja Mathew,Robert A. Weinstein +9 more
TL;DR: The use of 2-week inpatient attending physician rotations compared with 4-week rotations did not result in an increase in unplanned patient revisits but was associated with better self-rated measures of attending physician burnout and emotional exhaustion but worse evaluations by trainees.