Ambulatory care provided by office-based specialists in the United States

JM Valderas, B Starfield, CB Forrest… - The Annals of Family …, 2009 - Annals Family Med
PURPOSE Increasing use of specialist services in the United States is leading to a
perception of a specialist shortage. Little is known, however, about the nature of care …

Ambulatory specialist use by nonhospitalized patients in US health plans: correlates and consequences

B Starfield, HY Chang, KW Lemke… - The Journal of …, 2009 - journals.lww.com
Abstract Approximately 7 of 10 (and 95% of the elderly) people in US health plans see one
or more specialists in a year. Controlling for extent of morbidity, discontinuity of primary care …

National ambulatory medical care survey; 2007 summary

PC Beatty, DK Cherry, CJ Hsiao, EA Rechtsteiner - 2010 - stacks.cdc.gov
" Objectives: This report describes ambulatory care visits made to physician offices in the
United States. Statistics are presented on selected characteristics of the physician's practice …

[PDF][PDF] Referrals of adult patients from primary care: demographic disparities and their relationship to HMO insurance

P Franks, CM Clancy - Journal of Family Practice, 1997 - cdn.mdedge.com
BACKGROUND. Increasing enrollment in managed care organizations and dissatisfaction
with policies to restrict direct access to specialists have intensified interest in referrals from …

Characteristics of office-based physicians and their practices: United States, 2003-04.

E Hing, CW Burt - Vital and health statistics. Series 13, Data from …, 2007 - europepmc.org
Objective This report presents demographic and practice characteristics of nonfederal
physicians who were primarily engaged in office-based patient care in the United States …

[HTML][HTML] National ambulatory medical care survey: 2005 summary

DK Cherry, DA Woodwell, EA Rechtsteiner - 2007 - stacks.cdc.gov
OBJECTIVES: This report describes ambulatory care visits made to physician offices in the
United States. Statistics are presented on selected characteristics of the physician's practice …

[HTML][HTML] Office-based medical practices; methods and estimates from the national ambulatory medical care survey

E Hing, CW Burt - 2007 - stacks.cdc.gov
Objectives: The report uses a multiplicity estimator from a sample of office-based physicians
to estimate the number and characteristics of medical practices in the United States. Practice …

Patient preferences for care by general internists and specialists in the ambulatory setting

CL Lewis, GC Wickstrom, MM Kolar… - Journal of general …, 2000 - Springer
OBJECTIVE: To investigate patients' preferences for care by general internists and
specialists for common medical conditions. DESIGN: Telephone interview. SETTING: A …

[PDF][PDF] Utilization of specialty and primary care: the impact of HMO insurance and patient-related factors

CM Clancy, P Franks - Journal of Family Practice, 1997 - cdn.mdedge.com
BACKGROUND. Appropriate utilization of primary and specialty care has stimulated
substantial debate, but the portion of the discussion focused on policies that restrict or …

Specialist physicians providing primary care services in Colorado

GE Fryer, R Consoli, TJ Miyoshi… - The Journal of the …, 2004 - Am Board Family Med
Background: There is general consensus that the size of the US physician workforce now
exceeds the health care needs of the American public. There is a greater proportion of …