Medicaid visits or of all private insurance visits. A related goal of the present research was to examine whether the percentage of all emergency department visits by individuals with no health insurance between the ages of 0 and 64 years was greater than that of all individuals between the ages of 0 and 64 years. To that end, we used data from three nationally representative surveys to estimat...

OBJECTIVE We examined use of colorectal cancer (CRC) screening exam modalities among county health centers and private physician offices, where both were located in the same geographic area. METHODS We surveyed 500 county health center registrants and 570 private physician patients, aged 52-75 years. We administered telephone surveys during 2004 to examine relationships among sociodemographic...

AIM To examine the influence of a practical surgical course on the number of minor surgical procedures performed by family physicians. METHODS We compared the number of minor surgical procedures performed by family physicians in 59 offices in the city of Osijek and surrounding rural area during 12 months before and after the 40-hour practical surgical course held in September 2006 by surgeons...

Quality Partners of Rhode Island, the Medicare Quality Improvement Organization, was awarded a Medicare contract to implement a three-year care transitions program. The Safe Transitions Project aimed to improve the safety of patient care transitions by translating effective patient and provider interventions into sustainable systems change. After testing evidencebased interventions locally and ...

Several studies have analyzed the roles and functions of health information management (HIM) professionals. Prior studies have focused on practitioners‘ daily routines across the HIM workforce, from those working for large direct-care providers and small rural physician offices, to consultants and industry sales professionals, to administrators and educators. Data have been published in a varie...

OBJECTIVES To analyze demographic and practice characteristics of private physicians in 10 cities of Peru, and to shed light on the role of private practice in the delivery of medical care to patients with sexually transmitted infections (STIs). METHODS As part of an interventional trial designed to improve physician management of STIs in 10 cities in Peru, detailed information was compiled r...

OBJECTIVE To explore the reasons why North Carolina families continue to use public immunization services 2 years after implementation of a universal vaccine purchase program, a state program intended to eliminate financial barriers to immunization in private physicians' offices. METHODS In-person interviews were conducted in 11 local public health departments in North Carolina. PARTICIPANT...

background: family physician plan is known as one of the most appropriate strategies to implement rural health insurance program in the form of referral system in iran. this study aims to determine the satisfaction of family physicians and service consumers and its causes of dissatisfaction in the south of iran. materials and methods: this cross-sectional study was performed in kerman health ne...

INTRODUCTION Few studies have examined the effect of clinical teaching on patient satisfaction in rural and community-based settings. We sought to examine whether patient satisfaction differed when patients were seen by a physician alone or by a physician and medical student in these settings. METHODS We conducted a cross-sectional study in rural and community-based settings in southern Ontar...