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Physician employment status and practice patterns.

The Journal of family practice, 1998
Many physicians today are employed by another physician, group, hospital, HMO, or other organization. However, the differences in the characteristics, practice patterns, and patient outcomes of self-employed and employed physicians are not well understood.The practices of 108 community family physicians in northeast Ohio were assessed using a ...
G E, Kikano, M A, Goodwin, K C, Stange
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Influencing physician practice patterns.

Topics in health care financing, 1994
Today, customers are holding hospitals accountable for improving clinical outcomes and cost containment in ways that require the cooperation and collaboration of physicians. This chapter examines four strategies for influencing physician practice patterns: financial risk sharing, utilization management, performance feedback, and continuous quality ...
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Practice patterns in the diagnosis and treatment of erectile dysfunction among family practice physicians

Urology, 2001
To examine the philosophies and practices of the family practitioner (FP) regarding the diagnosis and treatment of erectile dysfunction (ED).A prospective study by questionnaire of a group of FPs was performed. The Spearman correlation coefficient and proportional odds regression analysis were used to measure the relationship between the continuous ...
S D, Rutchik, M, Baudiere, M, Wade, G, Sullivan, W, Rayford, J, Goodman   +5 more
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The modification of physician practice patterns.

Clinical performance and quality health care, 1998
While physicians are directly responsible for only a small proportion of healthcare expenditures, their decisions influence the majority of medical costs. Because practice variations among physicians have been demonstrated abundantly, strategies to modify practice patterns have evolved.
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Concussion Management Practice Patterns Among Sports Medicine Physicians

Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine, 2016
The primary purpose of this study was to examine concussion management practice patterns among sports medicine physicians in the United States.Cross-sectional study using a web-based survey.Members of the American Medical Society for Sports Medicine (AMSSM).We distributed a questionnaire to physician members of the AMSSM assessing the current practices
Stephen, Stache, David, Howell, William P, Meehan   +2 more
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HIV/AIDS care giving physicians: their experience and practice patterns

International Journal of STD & AIDS, 1997
To identify associations between HIV-related experience and patterns of service provision, physicians across Canada were solicited by mail to register in a national network of HIV/AIDS care givers. Respondents provided data about: personal, demographic and practice characteristics; the number of HIV-positive patients ever seen; the nature of the HIV ...
K V, Heath, G, Bally, B, Yip, M V, O'Shaughnessy, R S, Hogg   +4 more
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Office visit patterns in physician group practices.

GHAA journal, 1987
In summary, this study provides evidence that with as few as five diagnosis it is possible to identify some physician group practices that consistently treat patients with more or fewer visits, on average. However, even among group practices that vary considerably in size, location, and organizational structure, there is little deviation from the norm ...
D W, Garnick, H S, Luft, S S, Hunt
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Induced abortion. Physician training and practice patterns.

The Journal of reproductive medicine, 1999
To examine the relationship between training in induced abortion during residency and subsequent practice patterns in providing abortion services.An anonymous survey of all obstetrician-gynecologists with admitting privileges at a tertiary care hospital in New England was conducted.
M A, Shanahan, W P, Metheny, J, Star, J F, Peipert   +3 more
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Impact of data feedback on physician practice patterns

2012
Data were collected from computerized clinical and financial information systems at LDS Hospital in Salt Lake City, Utah. The data were statistically analyzed to display interphysician differences for a variety of practice parameters. Additional analyses indicated if individuals' variations from the group mean were greater than could be expected due to
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New Patterns of Practice of Utah Physicians Assistants

2014
Physician assistants (PAs) have become an integral part of the United States (U.S.) health care system since the profession began in the late 1960s. Physician assistants have been suggested as the solution to predicted physician shortages, especially in primary care.
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