Physicians - Economics
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Monday, November 23, 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...

Trauma and surgical critical care workforce in the United States: a severe surgeon shortage appears imminent.

18 Aug 2009 BACKGROUND: We conducted a survey to determine the state of the trauma and critical care workforce and compensation for such surgeons. STUDY DESIGN: We sent questionnaires to 460 directors of Level I and Level II trauma centers in the US to gather ... Read more...

Physician snapshot.

30 Jul 2009 Predicting whether the nation faces a serious shortage of doctors is difficult, relying in part on assumptions about demand, demographics and distribution. This foldout offers a statistical snapshot of current and future physician ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Physicians - Economics'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Emergency physician overhead. 29 Sep 2009
• Money in biomedicine: The senator's sleuth. 15 Sep 2009
• Physician alignment. 30 Aug 2009
• KMA Legal Trust Fund protects physicians' rights. 30 Aug 2009
• Will the clinicians support the researchers and teachers? Results of a salary satisfaction survey of 947 academic surgeons. 30 Aug 2009
• They know it when they see it. Feds say Iowa doc pay violated Stark rules, but don't explain rationale. 29 Aug 2009
• Trauma and surgical critical care workforce in the United States: a severe surgeon shortage appears imminent. 18 Aug 2009
• Physician snapshot. 30 Jul 2009
• Physicians fight back against disclosure rules. 28 Jul 2009
• [Reimbursement for result reports for the instruction of the courts. Decision of the Regional Welfare Court of Schleswig-Holstein from December 10, 2008] 21 Jul 2009
• Can the relationship between doctors and drug companies ever be a healthy one? 19 Jul 2009
• Income and vocational integration of Brazilian physicians since the establishment of the National Health System. 15 Jul 2009
• Self-satisfaction: the lost piece of puzzle. 12 Jul 2009
• Feeling the pain. 11 Jul 2009
• Data trackers. Fourteen firms provided data on compensation trends for up to 23 specialties. 11 Jul 2009
• [The English patient] 5 Jul 2009
• Changes in courts underscore need to evaluate policy limits and protect your assets. 29 Jun 2009
• The doctor of the future. 29 Jun 2009
• Paying for call coverage: what you should know. 29 Jun 2009
• The army of medicine without any soldiers. 30 May 2009

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Technical information about 'Physicians'

Definition: Individuals licensed to practice medicine.

Descriptor UI: D010820

Alternative terms: Physicians; Physician;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; history; legislation & jurisprudence; organization & administration; standards; supply & distribution; trends; utilization; statistics & numerical data; ethics; psychology;

Tree Number: M01.526.485.810; N02.360.810;

Technical Notes: /educ = EDUCATION, MEDICAL or its specifics; Manual 35.2.3; in biographies: Manual 32.16.7; when not to use: Manual 34.11.1; "role of physician in ..." = PHYSICIAN'S ROLE: see note there