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Influencing physician practice patterns

Obstetrics & Gynecology, 2001
Abstract Objective: A program was initiated to change physician ordering patterns to reduce routine postpartum blood count (CBS) determinations and ensure cost-effective quality care. Methods: A retrospective review showed that routine CBS determinations after vaginal deliveries did not affect patient care. Subsequently, a review of 1,618 charts was
Patrick J. Lavery, Mary Kindle, Linda Hutchinson, Jane Janssen   +3 more
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Physician’s practice patterns for chronic prostatitis

Andrologia, 2009
Chronic prostatitis (CP) is one of the most prevalent conditions in urology, yet the most poorly understood. Although there is little controversy regarding the therapy for documented acute bacterial infections, most symptomatic men do not have bacterial prostatitis, for which treatment and management are usually successful. Throughout the past century,
L, Liu, J, Yang
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Physicians' practice patterns in pediatric electrodiagnosis

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 1993
The medical literature contains contradictory reports and recommendations regarding pediatric patients' pain and distress during electrodiagnosis. We surveyed 117 pediatric neurologists and physiatrists regarding their practice patterns in pediatric electrodiagnosis; 84 (72%) responded, of whom 44 (52%) regularly perform electrodiagnosis on children ...
R M, Hays, S R, Hackworth, M L, Speltz, P, Weinstein   +3 more
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Physician Practice Patterns in Nursing Homes

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 2007
This review of the literature describes models of physician practice in nursing homes including the barriers to increasing physician workforce in nursing homes and the impact of various physician practice models on quality of care in nursing homes. Traditional nursing home practice is first described followed by a review of the literature pertaining to
Cari, Levy, Sing-I T, Palat, Andrew M, Kramer   +2 more
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Physician role differentiation: Patients, practice patterns, and performance

Health Care Management Review, 2022
Background Multispecialty clinical settings are increasingly prevalent because of the growing complexity in health care, revealing challenges with overlaps in expertise. We study hospitalists and inpatient specialists to gain insights on how physicians with shared expertise may differentiate themselves in practice.
Leeann N, Comfort, Elizabeth, Bambury, Mariam Krikorian, Atkinson   +2 more
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Methods of Analyzing Physician Practice Patterns in Hypertension

Medical Care, 1989
A principal method of studying physician practice patterns has been to examine physicians' responses to brief written cases. We have compared this method with practice patterns of the same physicians derived from chart audit. Subjects were 98 family practice residents for whom data were available in actual patient encounters for the workup of ...
M M, Holmes, D R, Rovner, M L, Rothert, N, Schmitt, C W, Given, N S, Ialongo   +5 more
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Practice Patterns of Physicians and Nurse Practitioners in Primary Care

Medical Care, 2020
Background: Primary care practices increasingly include nurse practitioners (NPs), in addition to physicians. Little is known about how the patient mix and clinical activities of colocated physicians and NPs compare. Objectives: To describe the clinical activities of NPs, compared ...
Hannah T, Neprash, Laura Barrie, Smith, Bethany, Sheridan, Katherine, Hempstead, Katy B, Kozhimannil   +4 more
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An Analysis of the Impact of Gender on Physician Practice Patterns

Journal of Health & Social Policy, 2003
Through analysis of Community Tracking Study Physician Survey, a nationally representative survey of U.S. physicians, we find that women physicians are significantly less satisfied with time for patients than their male colleagues. Among primary care physicians, about one third of the gender difference is explained by physician attributes, practice ...
Ann K, Boulis, Jerry A, Jacobs
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The Rectovaginal Examination: Physician Attitudes and Practice Patterns

Southern Medical Journal, 2006
The value of screening with the rectovaginal examination (RVE) has not been validated. This study describes physician attitudes and practice patterns regarding the RVE.Cross-sectional survey of residents and faculty in general internal medicine and obstetrics/gynecology (OB/GYN) at a university hospital.Thirty-four percent of physicians surveyed ...
Laura, Davisson, Karen, Clark, Roxann, Powers, Gerald, Hobbs   +3 more
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Practice patterns of occupational medicine physicians in Canada

Archives of Environmental & Occupational Health, 2017
The objectives of this survey were to identify the practice patterns of Canadian physicians working in the field of occupational medicine and to determine whether the type of certification influences the nature of the work they perform in the field.
Allen, Kraut, Aaron, Thompson, Stephen, Martin, Sidney, Siu   +3 more
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