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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Estimating the rate of cesarean section by maternal request: anonymous survey of obstetricians in Australia.

30 Aug 2009 BACKGROUND: The rate of cesarean section in Australia now exceeds 30 percent, and evidence from population studies indicates that maternal requests for elective cesarean delivery might make an important contribution. The objective of this study was ... Read more...

Rural surgery rotation during surgical residency.

30 Aug 2009 General surgery in the rural hospital is threatened by declining resident interest in pursuing a career in the rural setting. We found that by initiating a rural rotation of 3 months in the senior resident years, a case mix that more approximated ... Read more...

A snapshot of U.S. physicians: key findings from the 2008 Health Tracking Physician Survey.

30 Aug 2009 This Data Bulletin presents findings from the Center for Studying Health System Change (HSC) 2008 Health Tracking Physician Survey, a nationally representative mail survey of U.S. physicians providing at least 20 hours per week of direct patient ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Professional Practice Location'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Doctors without borders in British Columbia. 13 Sep 2009
• Estimating the rate of cesarean section by maternal request: anonymous survey of obstetricians in Australia. 30 Aug 2009
• Where doctors work makes a difference in the bottom line. 30 Aug 2009
• Rural surgery rotation during surgical residency. 30 Aug 2009
• A snapshot of U.S. physicians: key findings from the 2008 Health Tracking Physician Survey. 30 Aug 2009
• "Providers practice prevention": promoting dental hygienists' use of evidence-based treatment of tobacco use and dependence. 30 Aug 2009
• Marketing strategies for vascular practitioners. 30 Aug 2009
• Differences in characteristics of California dentists who employ dental hygienists and those who do not. 30 Jul 2009
• Dentists' experience with low-income patients benefiting from a public insurance program. 30 Jul 2009
• Medical schools in rural areas - necessity or aberration? 19 Jul 2009
• Factors which influence working patterns of orthodontists in the United Kingdom. Jul 2009
• An audit of health products advertised for sale on chiropractic Web sites in Canada and consideration of these practices in the context of Canadian chiropractic codes of ethics and conduct. 29 Jun 2009
• Process and factors influencing Italian nurse graduates' first choice of employment: a descriptive study. 29 Jun 2009
• America's nurses defied economic gloom with solid raises since our 2007 survey. Learn how nurses in your specialty, facility type, or state fared against the national average. 29 Jun 2009
• Dental access centres. 11 Jun 2009
• The influence of regional basic science campuses on medical students' choice of specialty and practice location: a historical cohort study. 4 Jun 2009
• Internationally educated nurses: profiling workforce diversity. 30 May 2009
• A report on the CCNA 2007 professional practice analysis. 30 May 2009
• Mediation--the Malaysian Dental Association experience. 30 May 2009
• Family medicine residency characteristics associated with practice in a health professions shortage area. 30 May 2009

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Technical information about 'Professional Practice Location'

Definition: Geographic area in which a professional person practices; includes primarily physicians and dentists.

Descriptor UI: D011365

Alternative terms: Professional Practice Location; Location, Professional Practice; Locations, Professional Practice; Practice Location, Professional; Practice Locations, Professional; Professional Practice Locations;

Allowable Qualifiers: economics; legislation & jurisprudence; standards; statistics & numerical data; trends;

Tree Number: N04.452.758.772;

History Note: 91(83); was see under PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE 1983-90