Physicians, Family - Statistics & numerical data
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Monday, November 23, 2009

Socioeconomic status and utilization of health care services in Canada and the United States: findings from a binational health survey.

30 Oct 2009 OBJECTIVES: Building on Andersen's behavioral model for the utilization of health care services, we examined factors associated with utilization of physician and hospital services among adults in Canada and the United States, with a focus on ... Read more...

Association of an educational program in mindful communication with burnout, empathy, and attitudes among primary care physicians.

21 Sep 2009 CONTEXT: Primary care physicians report high levels of distress, which is linked to burnout, attrition, and poorer quality of care. Programs to reduce burnout before it results in impairment are rare; data on these programs are scarce. OBJECTIVE: To ... Read more...

Surveillance for the 2009 pandemic influenza A (H1N1) virus and seasonal influenza viruses - New Zealand, 2009.

26 Aug 2009 The 2009 pandemic influenza A (H1N1) virus, which was first identified in the United States and Mexico, was imported into New Zealand by a high school group returning from Mexico in late April 2009. By June, sustained community transmission of the ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Physicians, Family - Statistics & numerical data'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Socioeconomic status and utilization of health care services in Canada and the United States: findings from a binational health survey. 30 Oct 2009
• Greater evidence of dissociative symptoms noted in general practitioners attending an educational session on dissociation. 29 Sep 2009
• Association of an educational program in mindful communication with burnout, empathy, and attitudes among primary care physicians. 21 Sep 2009
• Buchbinder R, Staples M, Jolley D. Doctors with a special interest in back pain have poorer knowledge about how to treat back pain. Spine. In press. 13 Sep 2009
• Surveillance for the 2009 pandemic influenza A (H1N1) virus and seasonal influenza viruses - New Zealand, 2009. 26 Aug 2009
• Optimizing screening and management of asymptomatic coronary artery disease in patients with stroke and patients with transient ischemic attack. 11 Aug 2009
• Health practices of Canadian physicians. 30 Jul 2009
• Physicians as parents: parenting experiences of physicians in Newfoundland and Labrador. 30 Jul 2009
• GPs' reasons for referral of patients with chest pain: a qualitative study. 29 Jul 2009
• [Male physicians and female physicians, different medical styles: different users' satisfaction?] 29 Jun 2009
• Frequency of GP communication addressing the patient's resources and coping strategies in medical interviews: a video-based observational study. 29 Jun 2009
• Effect of a computerized body mass index prompt on diagnosis and treatment of adult obesity. 29 Jun 2009
• Comparison of health care use and costs in newly diagnosed and established patients with fibromyalgia. 22 Jun 2009
• Variables associated with general practitioners taking on serious mental disorder patients. 8 Jun 2009
• Immunization champions: characteristics of general practitioners associated with better immunization delivery. 7 Jun 2009
• Clinical practice characteristics of osteopathic and allopathic primary care physicians at academic health centers: results from the National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey. 30 May 2009
• Emergency contraception: knowledge and attitudes of family physicians of a teaching hospital, Karachi, Pakistan. 30 May 2009
• [Population density, age distribution and urbanisation as factors influencing the frequency of home visits--an analysis for Mecklenburg-West Pomerania] 23 May 2009
• Doctors with a special interest in back pain have poorer knowledge about how to treat back pain. 13 May 2009
• Support for general practitioners is uncertain. 13 May 2009

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Technical information about 'Physicians, Family'

Definition: Those physicians who have completed the education requirements specified by the American Academy of Family Physicians.

Descriptor UI: D010821

Alternative terms: Physicians, Family; Family Physician; Family Physicians; Physician, Family; Generalists; Generalist; General Practitioners; General Practitioner; Practitioner, General; Practitioners, General; Primary Care Physicians; Physician, Primary Care; Physicians, Primary Care; Primary Care Physician;

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

Tree Number: M01.526.485.810.770; N02.360.810.770;

History Note: 74(72)

Technical Notes: /educ permitted: coord with specific type of educ