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Practice Patterns of Pulmonologists and Family Physicians for Occupational Asthma
Chest, 2007The longer the duration of symptoms of occupational asthma (OA) before diagnosis, the poorer the outcome. Physicians can play a key role in the early recognition of occupational lung diseases (OLDs), including OA. Our objective was to document and compare the practice patterns, barriers, and needs for early diagnosis of OA among pulmonologists and ...
Susan M. Tarlo +5 more
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Client Characteristics and Practice Patterns of Nurse Practitioners and Physicians
The Nurse Practitioner, 1999This study's purpose was to describe the practice patterns of nurse practitioners (NPs) in Tennessee--specifically, the demographic characteristics and health problems of their clients and the therapeutic services they provide. A random sample of NPs practicing 20 or more hours per week in primary care in Tennessee provided data on a total of 680 ...
Nancy B. Moody +2 more
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Patient Characteristics and Practice Patterns of Physicians Using Homeopathy
Archives of Family Medicine, 1998The use of homeopathy is growing in the United States, but little is known about practice patterns of physicians using homeopathy and the patients who seek homeopathic care.Data for consecutive patient visits to 27 doctors of medicine and doctors of osteopathy using homeopathy in 1992 were collected and compared with the National Ambulatory Medical ...
Chapman Eh, Crothers D, Jennifer Jacobs
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Influencing Physician Practice Patterns
Obstetrics & Gynecology, 2001Abstract 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
Jane Janssen +3 more
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Physician’s practice patterns for chronic prostatitis
Andrologia, 2009Chronic 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,
J. Yang, L. Liu
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Physicians' practice patterns in pediatric electrodiagnosis
Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 1993The 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 ...
Philip Weinstein +4 more
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Physician Practice Patterns in Nursing Homes
Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 2007This 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
Sing-I T. Palat +3 more
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Practice patterns of occupational medicine physicians in Canada
Archives of Environmental & Occupational Health, 2017The 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.
Sidney Siu +3 more
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An Analysis of the Impact of Gender on Physician Practice Patterns
Journal of Health & Social Policy, 2003Through 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 ...
Jerry A. Jacobs, Ann K. Boulis
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Physician role differentiation: Patients, practice patterns, and performance
Health Care Management Review, 2022Background 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 +2 more
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