A career in academic neurosurgery is an arduous endeavor. Specific factors influencing physician practice preferences remain unclear. This study analyzes data from the American Association of Neurolog...
A list of all current neurosurgeons was obtained from the American Association of Neurological Surgeons membership, and information on physician characteristics was collected via internet searches and...
The median age of private practice and academic neurosurgeons was 58.18 and 53.61 years, respectively (P < 0.001). Age was significantly associated with practicing in an academic setting (odds ratio 0...
Neurosurgery as a field has grown significantly over the past century. The authors recommend that future efforts seek to diversify the neurosurgical workforce by considering practice setting, demograp...
We evaluated differences in vaccination rates of patients of teaching and private practices, and explored the rate of vaccine hesitancy in pregnant women....
This was a cross-sectional study of a convenience sample of recently delivered women. Women completed a survey, which included a question about whether they received the influenza and/or Tdap vaccine,...
Of the 231 women approached, 208 (90.0%) agreed to participate. Of the 208 participants, 70 (33.7%) had prenatal care with a teaching practice, and 138 (66.3%) with a private practice. Patients of tea...
In spite of similar prevalence of vaccine hesitancy, pregnant women cared for in teaching practices had higher vaccination rates than those cared for in private practices....
To investigate the association of various pre-, intra- and post-operative factors on root canal treatment outcome....
In this cohort study, primary or secondary root canal treatment of mature permanent teeth was performed by a single endodontist in a private practice over 13 years, and followed 1-4 years after treatm...
1259 teeth (2445 roots, 3149 canals) were assessed with a recall rate of 91%. The proportion of successfully treated teeth was 79.9% [95% confidence interval 77.7-82.1]. Eleven prognostic factors were...
The following factors were associated with unsuccessful root canal treatment: (i) history of injury, apical periodontitis with increased severity (larger lesion, higher PAI, tenderness to periapical p...
Websites that maintain online physician ratings, such as Yelp.com, have been growing in popularity throughout the United States. The purpose of this study was to determine which factors increase the r...
A retrospective cohort study was conducted using data on OMSs from Yelp.com. Predictor variables included clinician characteristics, practice characteristics, and review characteristics. The primary o...
The final sample consisted of 3802 reviews. Relative to male clinicians, female clinicians were 2.7 times (P < .01) more likely to receive a very poor review. Clinicians who completed residency during...
Nonclinical reviews were more likely to be very poor relative to clinical reviews. Several clinician factors, including female sex and completing OMS residency during the 1970s, were risk factors for ...
Medical care centers (MCCs) are an important part of the German health care system and offer a wide range of outpatient medical services. In recent years, the discussion about medical care centers has...
While the needs for pediatric care are increasing and becoming more diverse, pediatric private practice in France is encountering difficulties linked to a growing medical demographic deficit. The obje...
For this descriptive observational survey, private practice pediatricians in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region filled out an online questionnaire between April 2019 and October 2020....
The response rate was 64%. Most respondents practiced in an urban area (87%) and shared the practice with other physicians (59%). A majority (85%) had previously worked in hospital; 65% reported train...
Our study underlines that private practice pediatricians are involved in healthcare provision, in particular regarding ongoing medical training, subspecialties, and continuity of care. It also highlig...
Internal medicine departments manage patients referred by emergency departments or private practitioners. Considering the overcrowding of emergency departments and lack of beds for inpatients, this sp...
Our department has developed the RAPIDO project (Réseau d'Aide à la PrIse en Charge Diagnostique et d'Orientation). The referring general practitioner contacts a senior internist on a dedicated phone ...
Between November 2020 and November 2021, 254 patients were seen via RAPIDO. The average call-consultation time period was 6.4 (±4.5) days, for symptoms lasting for 2 weeks to 3 months in 43% (n=109) o...
A quick internal medicine consultation pathway for general practitioners seems to be a relevant, feasible and economically viable healthcare trajectory, which can be transposed to any type of healthca...
Hypertension poses a critical threat to health in India, being the predominant risk factor for mortality and disability. With over 70% of outpatient care being provided by the private sector, our stud...
What do private practitioners perceive to be the benefits, barriers, costs and risks of hosting physiotherapy students on clinical placement? What models of placement are used and what support would p...
A national mixed-methods study comprising a survey and four focus groups....
Forty-five private practitioners from six states and territories who host on average 208 students per year (approximately one-third of all physiotherapy private practice placements in Australia) compl...
Participants reported that hosting placements helped to recruit graduates and assisted private practitioners in developing clinical and educator knowledge and skills. Cost (both time and financial) an...
Private practitioners perceived hosting students to be beneficial for the practice, the profession, staff and clients; however, they did report them to be costly and time-consuming. Universities are p...
The American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry (AAPD) affirms that the use of fluoride, as an adjunct in the prevention of caries, is safe and effective. The AAPD encourages dentists, other healthcare pr...
