OBJECTIVE This report describes ambulatory medical care visits to nonfederally employed, office-based physicians in the United States during 1995 and 1996. Statistics are presented on selected physician, patient, and visit characteristics. METHODS The data in this report were collected in the 1995 and 1996 National Ambulatory Medical Care Surveys (NAMCS). The NAMCS is part of the ambulatory c...

Background: In response to the need for diagnosis and treatment, medical radiation has been increasingly used worldwide. This study investigated the medical utilization of radiation-related diseases among radiological technologists (RTs) and factors that influence such diseases. Materials and Methods: Data were collected from the Taiwan National Health Insurance Research Database. A panel study...

OBJECTIVES This report describes the utilization of ambulatory medical care services as provided by nonfederally employed, office-based orthopedic surgeons during the period 1995-96. Statistics are presented on selected physician, patient, and visit characteristics. METHODS The data presented in this report were collected from the 1995 and 1996 National Ambulatory Medical Care Surveys (NAMCS)...

We developed a cohort model to evaluate the expected public health impact of accelerated regimens for immunization against rotavirus gastroenteritis (RVGE). Alternative strategies for vaccination with the pentavalent human-bovine reassortant vaccine, Rotateq(®) (RV5, Merck) and the oral live attenuated human rotavirus vaccine, Rotarix(®) (RV1, GlaxoSmithKline Vaccines) were considered, includin...

BACKGROUND Most of the research on primary care workload has focused on the number of visits or the average duration of visits to a primary care physician (PCP) and their effect on the quality of medical care. However, the accumulated annual visit duration has yet to be examined. This measure could also have implications for the allocation of resources among health plans and across regions. In ...

in this paper, by using a new approach on distance between two fuzzy numbers, we construct a new ranking system for fuzzy number which is very realistic and also matching our intuition as the crisp ranking system on r.

BACKGROUND To explain why rates of colorectal cancer (CRC) screening including fecal occult blood testing (FOBT), flexible sigmoidoscopy (FS), colonoscopy (CS), and barium enema (BE), are low, this study assessed determinants of CRC screening from medical records. METHODS Data were abstracted from patients aged > or =64 years selected from each clinician from 30 diverse primary care practices...