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More effort needs to be expended in the education of physicians responsible for asthma management, non-pulmonologists, those working outside of medical centers, and those practicing in rural areas in new treatment concepts to achieve optimal asthma control throughout the country....
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PMID: 19728198
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We reviewed anaesthesia training program in Australia. Anaesthetists in Australia and New Zealand need to obtain the Diploma of Fellowship of the Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists (FANZCA) to be recognised as specialists. The training sequence approved by ANZCA encompasses an initi...
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PMID: 19702230
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The aim of this article is to determine the extent of and changes in horizontal inequity in general practitioner and medical specialist utilization in Ireland from 1997 to 2001. Horizontal equity refers to people in equal need of treatment receiving similar treatment regardless of income. After acco...
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PMID: 19670993
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Predicting whether the nation faces a serious shortage of doctors is difficult, relying in part on assumptions about demand, demographics and distribution. This foldout offers a statistical snapshot of current and future physician demographics.
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PMID: 19764365
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The American College of Veterinary Pathologists commissioned a role delineation survey to define the specialized tasks, knowledge, and tools that define the current practice of veterinary clinical pathology and veterinary anatomic pathology. The survey also identified when competence was acquired fo...
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PMID: 19276042
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By the end of May 2008, the project database contained 184 projects. The results demonstrate that health services research activities can be found in all medical fields. Many projects use quantitative as well as qualitative methods. A documentary and secondary data analysis is performed in half of t...
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PMID: 19533053
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The use of tobacco by physicians with substance abuse histories is drastically understudied. A chart review of 1319 physicians enrolled in a physician health program found tobacco use highest for those referred for substance abuse problems (58.1%). Among a subset of currently monitored substance abus...
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PMID: 19283560
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The UT Southwestern Virtual Wound Care Clinic provides care to disabled institutional residents in an urban setting. The program offers flexible financial mechanisms for residents of the facility to access specialty care. Telemedicine improves quality-of-life and reduces costs by minimizing patient...
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PMID: 19395838
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We review the literature regarding surgery, radiotherapy, and chemotherapy or their various combinations....
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PMID: 19100689
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Core specialties examined included dermatology, orthopedics and otolaryngology. Two-thirds of all referrals to core specialists were made to intra-organizational resources. Furthermore, several intra-organizationaL clinics were found to have short waiting times and low output indices. In response to...
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PMID: 19630347
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The prevalence of malpractice experience decreased from 44.1% in 1991 to 36.0% in 2005 (P = 0.004). The estimated annual malpractice claims decreased from 0.14 to 0.10 per physician in 1991 and 2005, respectively (P < 0.001). Physicians 45-64 years of age, obstetrician/gynaecologists and surgeons ha...
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PMID: 19402862
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We found relatively stable number of diabetes mellitus cases among clients of General Health Insurance Company of the Czech Republic. This means, after calculating incidence rate with respect to decline in total numbers of insured during the same period, a 6% increase in real incidence rate. On the...
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PMID: 19449745
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Procedural sedation and analgesia (PSA) is a standard of care for the management of acute procedural pain and anxiety in the emergency department (ED). However, there is evidence that PSA practice is still ineffective and potentially unsafe in many pediatric settings. PSA has to be regarded as a sep...
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PMID: 19322124
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We are grateful to
Teaching and Learning in Medicine and ACE for giving us the opportunity to publish this review....
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PMID: 19130391
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Research has begun to explore the determinants of personal digital assistant (PDA) adoption in health care. Much of this research has, however, been inconsistent in its treatment of key constructs and its methodological approaches. The current study takes a stricter approach and tracks the pre- and p...
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PMID: 19180373
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More men were in surgical professions, whereas a larger proportion of women became primary specialists. Women had to modify their specialty or place of work more often than men. The average number of children was 2.26 for men and 1.87 for women. The highest increases in body weight were registered i...
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PMID: 19275970
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Ten Italian ICUS were enrolled in the study. There were 249 questionnaires completed (18% total return rate). CONCLUSION: Priority in Italy was given to medical skills and competence. Involvement of patients and relatives in decision-making processes were among the items considered least important....
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PMID: 19037192
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Some specializations are associated with more distress than others. Administrative duties appear to add to distress for all physicians. Counterintuitively, adding academic as well as administrative responsibilities appears to add less distress than adding administrative duties alone. Academic duties...
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PMID: 19321021
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Cancer-specific outcomes after renal tumor CA and RFA are similar. However, RFA has required more reablations to achieve 95% cancer-specific survival rates. IR reported more experience with RFA, and urologists reported more experience with CA. Overall, RFA and CA reablation rates are significantly h...
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PMID: 19260799
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A growing body of research has demonstrated the effectiveness of integrating mental/behavioral healthcare with primary care in improving health outcomes. Despite this rich literature, such demonstration programs have proven difficult to maintain once research funding ends. Much of the discussion reg...
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PMID: 19184375
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