background: epidemiology is the base of public health and preventive medicine. this study was conducted to identify the rate of awareness and attitude of 1000 fars general physicians about epidemiology science in 2010 methods: the present study performed as cross-sectional on working general physicians (gps) in 20 of fars provinces in 1-stage cluster sampling. in the study, factors such as age,...

Background:Despite the large amount of information that general physicians need to gain ,It is necessary to prioritize the need for learning in the formulation and design of educational programs. This study aims to determine the most important priorities of general medical graduates in selected areas.Methods:This cross-sectional study (2016) was conducted...

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background we aimed to identify the indicators of healthcare fraud and abuse in general physicians’ drug prescription claims, and to identify a subset of general physicians that were more likely to have committed fraud and abuse.   methods we applied data mining approach to a major health insurance organization dataset of private sector general physicians’ prescription claims. it involved 5 ste...

Background We aimed to identify the indicators of healthcare fraud and abuse in general physicians’ drug prescription claims, and to identify a subset of general physicians that were more likely to have committed fraud and abuse.   Methods We applied data mining approach to a major health insurance organization dataset of private sector general physicians’ prescription claims. It involved 5 ste...

The aim of this study was to assess how general physicians (GP) think that heart failure (HF) should be managed and how they implement their knowledge. It was conducted in Buenos Aires City and suburban area, with the collaboration of 5 cardiologists, and 29 GP who were selected randomly, and were asked to keep a log of all patients they saw with HF. The methodology was similar to that employed...