Number Excluded per 1000 Physicians, by State View LargeDownload States were divided into 5 quintiles based on the number of physicians excluded per 1000 physicians. West Virginia had the highest physician exclusion rate with 5.77 exclusions per 1000 physicians. Montana had the lowest exclusion rate ...
However, prior studies have shown strong correlations at the area level between practice patterns for the populations younger and older than 65 years12,13 and at the state level between Medicare spending and total per capita health care spending.14 Second, our findings could be influenced by ...
On the single state level, the ratios of State-certified occupational physicians per 1Mio. working population ranged from 8 for the state of Saarland to 0.8 for the state of North Rhine Westphalia. A general difference was found for old versus new German states. Also, large differences were ...
Since most malpractice cases take place in state courts, Dr. Villalobos and colleagues focused on state-to-state variation in both Medicare imaging usage and paid malpractice claims. The researchers used the National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB) to identify malpractice claims over...
The present study has shown that more than 78% of physicians are engaged in private services (including dual practitioners), whereas 73.1% provide healthcare by state-financed healthcare structures (also including dual practitioners). Considering the part-time dedication of dual practitioners, these ...
Today, health care salaries in Norway compare favorably with salaries in the rest of the labor market, and per capita health care expenditure is among the highest in Europe [21]. A major reform in the Norwegian hospital sector was introduced in 2002, when all public hospitals in Norway were...
Given that the salary of Chinese physicians is relatively low compared to other countries, such as the United States and Canada, where the ratio of physicians’ salary to GDP per capita is higher, we deemed it necessary to increase the salary of Chinese physicians by 2–3 times [41]. ...
In our study, the objective need for health services is defined as avoidable or treatable morbidity that is amenable to care or prevention. It is further influenced by the current state of evidence-based medicine and the burden of morbidity in a population. The objective need correlates with exo...
of 14% nationwide. While total ED visits went up in Massachusetts, they increased less than they did across the country. In fact, when looking not at total ED volume but the per capita ED visit rate, individuals in Massachusetts were actually less likely to go t...
1,2 Comprehensiveness is a key attribute of primary care3 that aids its ability to achieve the triple aim of improving the experience of care, improving the health of populations, and reducing per capita costs of health care.4 Despite the known benefits of comprehensive primary care, research ...