General Surgery - Economics
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Will the clinicians support the researchers and teachers? Results of a salary satisfaction survey of 947 academic surgeons.

30 Aug 2009 OBJECTIVE: To determine whether academic surgeons are satisfied with their salaries, and if they are willing to forego some compensation to support departmental academic endeavors. BACKGROUND: Increasing financial constraints have led many academic ... Read more...

Clinical and financial characteristics of pediatric surgery practices.

29 Jun 2009 Pediatric surgical practices face many challenges. We wanted to define the clinical practice and financial support among different types of practices as follows: academic, private practice, and employed. METHODS: This study involved an Internet ... Read more...

Opportunity cost: a systematic application to surgery.

28 May 2009 BACKGROUND: Opportunity cost is the potential gain or loss when a person chooses to perform an activity over its next best alternative. With respect to surgery, opportunity cost can occur if a less efficient technology uses more operating time than ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'General Surgery - Economics'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Will the clinicians support the researchers and teachers? Results of a salary satisfaction survey of 947 academic surgeons. 30 Aug 2009
• When and how do you collect surgery deposits? 29 Jun 2009
• Clinical and financial characteristics of pediatric surgery practices. 29 Jun 2009
• Opportunity cost: a systematic application to surgery. 28 May 2009
• [Organisation and reimbursement of surgical practice in Denmark 2004-2008] 2 May 2009
• Burden of surgical disease: does the literature reflect the scope of the international crisis? 29 Apr 2009
• Gauging surgeons' understanding and perceptions of an academic incentive plan. 29 Apr 2009
• Cutting truths. 29 Apr 2009
• Cost and workforce implications of subjecting all physicians to aviation industry work-hour restrictions. 15 Apr 2009
• Statement on medical and surgical tourism. 30 Mar 2009
• Medical and surgical tourism: the new world of health care globalization and what it means for the practicing surgeon. 30 Mar 2009
• Coding issues related to the global surgery period. 27 Feb 2009
• Incentives for scholarly activity at university and independent general surgery residencies: current practices. 27 Feb 2009
• Presidential address: Res ipsa loquitur: "the thing speaks for itself". 27 Feb 2009
• Midwest Surgical Association 2008 report from the American College of Surgeons. 27 Feb 2009
• Effect of educational debt on career and quality of life among academic surgeons. 30 Jan 2009
• The 2009 Medicare fee schedule. 30 Dec 2008
• Training general surgery residents in pediatric surgery: educational value vs time and cost. 30 Dec 2008
• [Challenges of surgery from the viewpoint of hospital management] 30 Oct 2008
• [The future of German surgery lies in documentation by transparent outcome quality] 30 Oct 2008

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Technical information about 'General Surgery'

Definition: A specialty in which manual or operative procedures are used in the treatment of disease, injuries, or deformities.

Descriptor UI: D013502

Alternative terms: General Surgery; Surgery, General; Surgery;

Related Mesh Headings: Surgical Procedures, Operative; Barber Surgeons;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; education; history; instrumentation; legislation & jurisprudence; manpower; methods; organization & administration; standards; trends; statistics & numerical data; ethics;

Tree Number: H02.403.810.300;

History Note: 2009 (1974)

Technical Notes: SPEC only: prefer /surg with organs & dis: Manual 19.7+, 19.8.70; the surgeon & specialty go here: the surgical patient = SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE: Manual 26.15+; /instrum = SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS or SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; military surgery = MILITARY MEDICINE (IM) + GENERAL SURGERY (IM) if the specialty; DF: SURG