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Why Do Physicians Depart Their Practice? A Qualitative Study of Attrition in a Multispecialty Ambulatory Practice Network

Ryan O’Connell, Fatima Hosain, Leah Colucci, Bidisha Nath and Edward R. Melnick
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine October 2023, jabfm.2023.230052R2; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2023.230052R2
Ryan O’Connell
From the Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut (RO); Department of Emergency Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut (FH, LC, BN, ERM); Department of Biostatistics (Health Informatics), Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, Connecticut (ERM).
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Fatima Hosain
From the Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut (RO); Department of Emergency Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut (FH, LC, BN, ERM); Department of Biostatistics (Health Informatics), Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, Connecticut (ERM).
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Leah Colucci
From the Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut (RO); Department of Emergency Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut (FH, LC, BN, ERM); Department of Biostatistics (Health Informatics), Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, Connecticut (ERM).
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Bidisha Nath
From the Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut (RO); Department of Emergency Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut (FH, LC, BN, ERM); Department of Biostatistics (Health Informatics), Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, Connecticut (ERM).
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Edward R. Melnick
From the Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut (RO); Department of Emergency Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut (FH, LC, BN, ERM); Department of Biostatistics (Health Informatics), Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, Connecticut (ERM).
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jabfm.2023.230052R2
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2023.230052R2
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37857441

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The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine
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1557-2625
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1558-7118
History 
  • Received for publication February 15, 2023
  • Revision received March 21, 2023
  • Revision received May 24, 2023
  • Accepted for publication June 12, 2023
  • Published online October 19, 2023.

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  1. Ryan O’Connell, MD,
  2. Fatima Hosain, MD,
  3. Leah Colucci, MD, MS,
  4. Bidisha Nath, MBBS, MPH and
  5. Edward R. Melnick, MD, MHS
  1. From the Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut (RO); Department of Emergency Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut (FH, LC, BN, ERM); Department of Biostatistics (Health Informatics), Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, Connecticut (ERM).
  1. Corresponding author: Edward R. Melnick, MD, MHS, Department of Emergency Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, 464 Congress Ave, Suite 260, New Haven, CT 06519 (E-mail: edward.melnick{at}yale.edu).
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Ryan O’Connell, Fatima Hosain, Leah Colucci, Bidisha Nath, Edward R. Melnick
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The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Oct 2023, jabfm.2023.230052R2; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2023.230052R2
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