Job satisfaction, burnout, and turnover intention among primary care providers in rural China: results from structural equation modeling.

Background: Low job satisfaction, severe burnout and high turnover intention are found to be prevalent among the primary care providers (PCPs) in township health centers (THCs), but their associations have received scant attention in the literature. In light of this, this study aims to examine the relationships between job satisfaction, burnout and turnover intention, and explore the predictors of turnover intention with a view to retaining PCPs in rural China.

Methods: Using the multistage cluster sampling method, a cross-sectional survey was conducted in Shandong Province, China.