Telephone Calls
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Physicians' opinions on compensation for telephone calls.
OBJECTIVES To describe the attitudes of pediatricians and other physicians practicing in a fee-for-service environment toward compensation for telephone encounters with patients. DESIGN Survey by mail. PARTICIPANTS The 67 pediatric and 634 other private physicians and medical school faculty of Albany County, NY. RESULTS A total of 479 of all the physicians (68.3%) and 55 of the pediatrici...
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عنوان ژورنال: Scientific American
سال: 1879
ISSN: 0036-8733
DOI: 10.1038/scientificamerican02081879-2570supp