Physicians, Family
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Saturday, November 21, 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...

Physician evaluation and management of Medicare home health patients.

30 Oct 2009 OBJECTIVE: The Medicare home health benefit is predicated on physician referral and involvement. In this study, we investigated (1) the frequency and (2) implications of home health patients' evaluation and management by community physicians. ... Read more...

Smoking prevention and primary physician's and patient's characteristics.

30 Oct 2009 OBJECTIVE: To describe relationships between primary physician and patient characteristics and the approach to prevention and quitting of smoking. METHODS: A questionnaire composed of descriptions of cases and clinic activities was given to primary ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Physicians, Family'

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
• Physician evaluation and management of Medicare home health patients. 30 Oct 2009
• Smoking prevention and primary physician's and patient's characteristics. 30 Oct 2009
• [Help, I'm still family practitioner!] 20 Oct 2009
• [More about the right to acute death without resuscitation attempts] 17 Oct 2009
• Title VII's decline: shrinking investment in the primary care training pipeline. 13 Oct 2009
• Envenomations: an overview of clinical toxinology for the primary care physician. 13 Oct 2009
• Medical marijuana: informational resources for family physicians. 13 Oct 2009
• [Ambulance service and primary health care] 6 Oct 2009
• A special needs child. 29 Sep 2009
• Greater evidence of dissociative symptoms noted in general practitioners attending an educational session on dissociation. 29 Sep 2009
• Primary care--lifelines and shortages. 29 Sep 2009
• Primary care--lifelines and shortages. 29 Sep 2009
• Clinicians' assessments of electronic medication safety alerts in ambulatory care. 26 Sep 2009
• [Communication about prescription interventions between pharmacists and general practitioners] 22 Sep 2009
• [Communication between general practitioners and pharmacies] 22 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
• Caring for cancer survivors: a survey of primary care physicians. 13 Sep 2009
• Upper gastrointestinal symptoms, psychosocial co-morbidity and health care seeking in general practice: population based case control study. 7 Sep 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