General physician services under eight national patterns.

Access to patient services lacking: National Physician Survey.

National patterns of physician activities related to obesity management.

CONTEXT National physician practices related to the clinical recognition and management of obesity are unknown. OBJECTIVES To estimate national patterns of office-based, obesity-related practices and to determine the independent predictors of these practices. DESIGN Serial cross-sectional surveys of physician office visits. SETTING Ambulatory medical care in the United States. PATIENTS ...

Health services under the General Agreement on Trade in Services.

The potential for trade in health services has expanded rapidly in recent decades. More efficient communication systems have helped to reduce distance-related barriers to trade; rising incomes and enhanced information have increased the mobility of patients; and internal cost pressures have led various governments to consider possibilities for increased private participation. As yet, however, h...

Analysis of Services Received Under Medicare by Specialty of Physician

This paper examines use of physicians' services by Medicare beneficiaries according to the specialty of the physician providing care. The major objectives of this study were to determine which types of physicians are most frequently used, the average charge per service by specialty, the mix of physicians (by specialty) that patients saw during the year, and the amount Medicare reimburses in rel...

Computerized physician order entry: eight steps to optimize physician workflow.

What Is Computerized Physician Order Entry? The Institute of Medicine's (IOM) report on errors in the healthcare delivery system, To Err is Human, was first published in 1999. 1 The second IOM report, Crossing the Quality Chasm, published in 2001, provided strategic direction to recreate the U.S. healthcare delivery system to make it safe, effective, patient-centered, timely , efficient, and eq...