How did we get here? Thoughts on health care system drivers of pediatric radiology burnout

George A Taylor^{1

2}, Rama S Ayyala³, Brian D Coley³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Radiology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, 3401 Civic Center Blvd., Philadelphia, PA, 19104-4399, USA. George.taylor@childrens.harvard.edu.
² Department of Radiology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA. George.taylor@childrens.harvard.edu.
³ Department of Radiology and Medical Imaging, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Department of Radiology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA.

George A Taylor et al. Pediatr Radiol. 2022 May.

. 2022 May;52(6):1019-1023.

doi: 10.1007/s00247-022-05318-6. Epub 2022 Mar 1.

George A Taylor^{1

2}, Rama S Ayyala³, Brian D Coley³

¹ Department of Radiology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, 3401 Civic Center Blvd., Philadelphia, PA, 19104-4399, USA. George.taylor@childrens.harvard.edu.
² Department of Radiology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA. George.taylor@childrens.harvard.edu.
³ Department of Radiology and Medical Imaging, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Department of Radiology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA.

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