Background and Objectives: Metabolic control and observance of dietary therapy in adolescents with type I diabetes is weaker compared to other patients—the fact which might lead to physical, mental, and social changes in such adolescents in this period of their life. Hence, adolescences are more subject to complications of diabetes. This study, accordingly, was conducted to examine the re...

The Physician Payment Review Commission has examined the potential of profiling physician practice patPR. Lee and A.B. Bindman, Institute for Healty Policy Studies, University of California, San Francisco. P.R. Lee, D.W. Shapiro and R.D. Lasker, Physician Payment Review Commission. A.B. Bindman, Division of General Internal Medicine, San Francisco General Hospital. terns within the context oi c...

Jordan Gonzalo Llerena Velasteguí1*, Andrés Sebastián Velasteguí Zurita1, Ana Cristina Terán López3, Antonio Ortega Mejía4, Luis Eduardo Pérez Rojas5, Fernando Jose Dumar Otero6, Victor Andres Diaz Rincon7, Alberto Álvarez Vélez8 and José Gregorio Villa Pertuz8 Author Affiliations 1General Physician, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Ecuador 2General de las Américas, 3General Coopera...

A typical joint venture is structured as a limited liability company (LLC). Under this nontaxable structure, income passes directly through to the owners, which benefits both physicians and hospitals. For taxable owners, such as physicians, the income is not subject to “double taxation” (where earnings are taxable both to the corporation and to the individual investor). And for a nonprofit enti...

challenges to physicians – those with specific business interests as well as those whose sole focus is patient care. Understanding the law and knowing which, if any, of the many Stark exceptions apply to your arrangement is essential. Part I of this series explained the purpose of the Stark statute, how it differs from the anti-kickback statute and how you can determine whether it applies to ...

BACKGROUND In epidemiological studies, items about physician-diagnosed COPD are often used. There is a lack of validation and standardization of these items. MATERIALS AND METHODS In a general population-based study, 1,050 subjects completed a questionnaire and performed spirometry, including forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV1) and forced vital capacity (FVC) after inhalation of 400 µ...

Tshetiz Dahal* Author Affiliations General Physician, Clinical Researcher and Writer, Lugansk State Medical University, Ukraine Received: May 19, 2022 | Published: June 03, Corresponding author: Dahal, Luhansk Oblast, 93000 Luhansk, DOI: 10.26717/BJSTR.2022.44.007028