Timothy Hoff

About

Timothy Hoff is a Professor of Management, Healthcare Systems, and Health Policy at the D’Amore-McKim School of Business and the School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs at Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts. He also holds positions as an Associate Fellow at Green-Templeton College and an Associate Scholar at Said Business School, both at the University of Oxford. Hoff is an accomplished author and researcher whose work focuses on the present and future U.S. health care system, including health care workforce, physician behavior, health care change and innovation, and the patient experience. His research examines emerging trends and innovations in the healthcare marketplace, and he has published extensively in top health care and management journals, as well as in popular outlets such as The Washington Post and STAT. Hoff is also the faculty director for undergraduate health care management and consulting concentration in the D’Amore-McKim School of Business and manages the business management in health care concentration for the MBA program. With a background in hospital administration and health care consulting, Hoff's real-world experience grounds his academic work in the complex realities of health care delivery. He actively engages in executive education and management consulting for health care organizations and frequently speaks to academics, policymakers, industry executives, and health care professionals.

Research topics

• Political Science
• Family medicine
• Medicine
• Accounting
• Psychology
• Economics
• Business
• Labour economics

Selected publications

• The gender pay gap in medicine: A systematic review

  Health Care Management Review · 2021 · 81 citations

  1st authorCorresponding

  BACKGROUND: Women are becoming doctors in greater numbers. Despite this, there is evidence of female doctors' continued differential treatment compared to their male counterparts. PURPOSE: The aim of this study was to review systematically the extant literature on the gender-based pay gap in medicine across time, different medical specialties, and different countries of clinical practice. METHODS: Systematic search of three databases using Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Met…

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• Burnout and Physician Gender

  Medical Care · 2021-06-03 · 78 citations

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  PURPOSE: Burnout (BO) is a serious phenomenon affecting US physicians. Female physicians, now accounting for a larger share of the workforce, are thought to experience higher levels of BO in some situations compared with their male counterparts. The current review aimed to systematically examine extant literature on physician BO as it relates especially to the female physician. METHODS: Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses guided search of 4 databases yielding empir…

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• Covid‐19 and The Study of Professionals and Professional Work

  Journal of Management Studies · 2021-02-20 · 37 citations

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  The Covid-19 global pandemic changes how we study professional workers and their everyday lives. We normally think of professionals as leading stable, secure, and independent work lives. The pandemic has made life more challenging for them. Increased workloads and economic uncertainties; the stresses and demands caused by an abrupt juxta positioning of work with non-work life; greater risks and safety concerns at work; new ways of performing complex work; fewer resources at their disposal; addit…

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• Burnout Among Family Physicians in the United States: A Review of the Literature

  Quality Management in Health Care · 2023-10-11 · 23 citations

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  BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Burnout among physicians who work in primary care is an important problem that impacts health care quality, local communities, and the public's health. It can degrade the quality of primary care services in an area and exacerbate workforce shortages. This study conducted a review of the published research on burnout among family physicians working in the United States. METHODS: We used a Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA)-guided…

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• Organizational commitment among physicians: A systematic literature review

  Health Services Management Research · 2020-10-06 · 23 citations

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  Purpose Physicians work increasingly in larger organizations across different health care delivery systems. This systematic review examines the published empirical literature on organizational commitment among physicians within an international context. Design A systematic, PRISMA-guided review examining studies of organizational commitment among physicians published over time. Four article databases and a combination of appropriate search terms aided in identifying relevant articles. Findings K…

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Recent grants

• NIH Grant R03HS011697

  NIH · $100k · 2004

• NIH Grant R03HS020931

  NIH · $100k · 2013

Frequent coauthors

• Sarah R. MacEwan

  The Ohio State University

  81 shared

• Kunal N. Patel

  Northern Illinois University

  81 shared

• Nathan Carroll

  81 shared

• Michael D. Rosko

  81 shared

• Megan E. Gregory

  University of Florida

  81 shared

• Jami Jones

  The Ohio State University

  81 shared

• Lori T. Peterson

  81 shared

• Deirdre McCaughey

  81 shared

Education

• Ph.D., Health Policy and Management

  University of California, Los Angeles

  1996

• Other, Public Health

  University of California, Los Angeles

  1992

• B.A., Political Science

  University of California, Los Angeles

  1989

Awards & honors

• Associate Fellow, Green-Templeton College, University of Oxf…
• Associate Scholar, Said Business School, University at Oxfor…

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