PURPOSE Despite the availability of national practice guidelines, many patients fail to receive
recommended chronic disease care. Physician time constraints in primary care are likely …

A major contributor to shortfalls in delivery of recommended health care services is lack of
physician time. On the basis of recommendations from national clinical care guidelines for …

BACKGROUND: To investigate the prognostic importance of functional capacity and exercise
behavior in patients with metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). PATIENTS AND …

Pelvic inflammatory disease is a polymicrobial infection of the upper genital tract. It primarily
affects young, sexually active women. The diagnosis is made clinically; no single test or …

Purpose: Quality assessment is a critical component of determining the value of medical
services, including palliative care. Characterization of the current portfolio of measures that …

Purpose. Physicians are expected to discuss weight loss with overweight and obese patients.
Physicians' beliefs, outcome expectancies, and strategies for addressing weight with …

Background Delivery of preventive health services in primary care is lacking. One of the main
barriers is lack of time. We estimated the amount of time primary care physicians spend on …

Background Electronic mail (email) has the potential to improve communication between
physicians and patients. Methods We conducted two research studies in a family practice …

Purpose This study explores how weight-related topics are discussed between physicians
and their overweight and obese female patients. Methods We surveyed and audio-recorded …

Background Given the growing roles of nurse practitioners (NPs) and physician assistants (PAs),
patients are increasingly able to choose their primary care provider type. Studies …