• C Löffler, J Höck, A Hornung, G Kundt, E Drewelow, S Völker, B Kreiser, J Riedel, and A Altiner.
• Institut für Allgemeinmedizin, Universitätsmedizin Rostock, Rostock.
• Gesundheitswesen. 2015 Dec 1; 77 (12): 927-31.

AimStudies provide evidence for the importance of general practitioners (GPs) job satisfaction for a secure and high quality health care provision. This study focuses on job satisfaction of GPs in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania (MV), a rural area threatened by a lack of GPs. We investigate how satisfied GPs are with their job and which factors influence their job satisfaction.MethodsAll 1 133 GPs working in MV in December 2011 were asked to complete a 57-item-questionnaire. The response rate reached 50.1%.ResultsThe sample is representative for GPs in MV. Levels of job satisfaction are high and correlate with age and sex: females and GPs below 50 years of age are more satisfied. Factors contributing to high job satisfaction include a good doctor-patient relationship, fair pay, and the variety of reasons for doctor-patient consultations in primary care. Although all GPs were dissatisfied with bureaucracy, this factor has little impact on GPs' overall job satisfaction.ConclusionIn light of the imminent lack of GPs, in future it will be important to improve factors that have been demonstrated to increase job satisfaction.© Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York.

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