This survey investigated the nature of imaging staff and the distribution and structure of nuclear medicine departments in the UK. Total numbers of cameras and average per department were lower than in 1989/90 but higher than the 1992/93 survey. Total whole time equivalents, average per department and average per camera ...

More than 500 case managers responded to the exclusive national survey conducted by American Health Consultants, publisher of Hospital Case Management, and the Case Management Society of America in December 2000. Here, for the first time, see the initial results of the survey, which attempts to define the much-debated caseload ...

Data from the surveys of the Harvard team, led by David Eisenberg, M.D., are frequently used as a summary first paragraph introduction to the status of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) in the United States. However, there is now a substantial body of literature on various facets of CAM use. ...

OBJECTIVE: To examine the gender differences in practice patterns, experiences, and career opportunities for family physicians who practice sports medicine. DESIGN: Descriptive, self-administered questionnaire. PARTICIPANTS: Family physicians with Certificate of Added Qualification (CAQ) in sports medicine were surveyed. The survey was sent to all women with a CAQ in Sports ...

We report a postal survey of consultant gynaecologists carried out to determine the pattern of current hysterectomy practice, to obtain views on indications and contraindications to vaginal hysterectomy, and to predict future practice. There was a 75% response rate. Approximately two-thirds of hysterectomies were performed abdominally, one-third vaginally and 3% ...

OBJECTIVE: We sought to determine the 1998 hiring activities of physician practices with respect to diagnostic radiologists. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A survey was mailed to a sample of 970 radiology practices in the spring through fall of 1999; 73.0% responded. Responses were weighted to represent all practices in the United ...

To delineate the specific practices that physicians use to promote their own well-being. 304 members of a primary care practice-based research group responded by mail to a survey on physician well-being. From the original survey, 130 subjects responded to an open-ended survey item regarding their own wellness-promotion practices. Qualitative content ...

Eucalyptus spp. plantations represent >60% of the reforested area in Brazil. Although ambrosia beetle attacks on live trees were at first nonexistent, they have begun to appear with greater frequency. Monitoring for pest insects is a key factor in integrated pest management, and baited traps are one of the most ...

INTRODUCTION: Management of spontaneous pneumothorax (SP) is variable and the initial management of SP is often undertaken by frontline junior medical staff. OBJECTIVES: To assess if medical education in the principles of SP management is adequate and to determine if practice variability exists among different disciplines. METHODS: A validated questionnaire ...

This report deals with the results of a study of present day uses of traditional medicinal materials in Israel. The survey covered selected markets in medicinal materials, belonging to various religious and ethnic communities, and also included questioning of the sellers and buyers about the healing characteristics of the various ...

Practice patterns were assessed via an internet-based survey distributed to physicians who manage implantable infusion pumps for pain management. Respondents consisted of 413 physicians who represented management of 13,342 patients, predominantly in the U.S. The survey used a standard questionnaire format plus two clinical vignettes to assess decision-making practices. The ...

Nearly 70% of hospital case managers who responded to a recent survey conducted by Hospital Case Management report little or no opportunity for growth in their current facility. Despite what would be considered a bleak future in other fields, 57% of respondents intend to remain in their current position indefinitely. ...

Negative defensive medical practice has adverse consequences both for individual patients and for public health. This paper reports the results from a survey conducted in 1999 in which certain features indicative of negative defensive practice were compared with an identical survey conducted five years previously. Responding general practitioners stated that ...

OBJECTIVE: To document attitudes and current practices of Australian dietitians in the management of overweight and obesity, and to examine their training needs. DESIGN: Cross-sectional postal survey of a randomly selected sample of members of the Dietitians Association of Australia. SUBJECTS: 400 dietitians (66% of those surveyed). MEASURES: Questionnaire-based measures ...

A survey of GPs in Newcastle and North Tyneside found most respondents removed fewer than three patients a year from their lists. Most practices did not have a policy on removals. More than three-quarters of removals were for violence, rudeness or anti-social behaviour. The survey suggests that practices should keep ...

BACKGROUND: The American Heart Association carotid endarterectomy (CE) guidelines endorse CE for asymptomatic carotid stenosis if the procedure can be performed with low morbidity. However, the Canadian Stroke Consortium has published a consensus against CE for asymptomatic stenosis. The views of practicing neurologists in the two countries on this subject ...

OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to explore the diagnostic radiology profession from the perspective of subspecialization and fields of practice. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Data for 1244 practicing diagnostic radiologists were gathered from the American College of Radiology's 1995 Survey of Radiologists. Radiation oncologists, the retired, and residents and ...

The study reported here was designed to provide insight into the impact managed care has had on osteopathic physicians' ability to practice medicine, as well as data to substantiate the prevalence of the specific problems encountered by the 40,000 osteopathic physicians in the United States. New data on the extent ...

This is the first study of how physician assistants (PAs) function in neurology practice. Forty-six PAs who work full-time in a neurology practice were surveyed by telephone and by mail; 100% responded to all telephone survey questions on aspects of practice, and almost all responded to the mailed survey. Of ...

Eighty-four dermatologists in private practice in Bavaria were surveyed by postal questionnaire. Of the 45 who responded (a 54% response rate), 96% used a computer in their private practice. Fifty-seven per cent of respondents owned systems with Pentium processors, while 23% were still using 386 or 486 processors. Most of ...

An ethnobotanical survey was carried out in two regions (L'Alt Emporda and Les Guilleries), situated in North East Catalonia (Iberian Peninsula), with an approximate area of 800 km2 and a population of 68000. Through interviews with 73 people, data was obtained on the medicinal uses of 220 species. The most ...

OBJECTIVE: To determine the occurrence of tail docking and beliefs about the practice in the Victorian dairy industry. DESIGN: Survey responses were analysed using chi-square tests and by correlation and regression analyses to determine associations between husbandry practices and beliefs and to identify possible predictive variables in relation to docking. ...

OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study is to determine the effects of experience on the practice, roles, status and attitudes of psychiatrists within the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP). METHOD: A postal survey of Fellows of the RANZCP resident in Australia or New Zealand was conducted. ...

In view of the recent trend towards more minor surgery being carried out in general practice we decided to conduct a postal survey to assess the level of knowledge of sterilization and disinfection and the use of benchtop sterilizers in general practice in Northern Ireland. The survey, of all 366 ...

AIM: To document current practice concerning the management of patients taking aspirin or warfarin and the evaluation of haemostatic function prior to prostatic biopsy. METHOD: A postal survey was performed with typed questionnaires being sent to 275 urology and 275 radiology centres. RESULTS: A high proportion of radiology departments in ...

This study reports the results of a survey of restaurant and shopping center managers concerning breastfeeding in their facilities. Managers from 66 restaurants and 27 shopping centers were interviewed by telephone. One-third of the restaurant managers and 48% of the shopping center managers stated that a mother could breastfeed anywhere ...

Warming or buffering local anaesthetic solutions prior to injection has been shown to reduce the pain experienced by patients. Although clinical practice varies widely, this practice has been commonplace within dental surgery for many years. A postal survey was carried out to ascertain the current practices of a group of ...

BACKGROUND: The American Academy of Neurology (AAN) conducts periodic surveys of its members to profile and monitor changes in the characteristics of US neurologists and their practices. OBJECTIVE: To assess neurologists' characteristics, geographic distribution, practice arrangements, professional activities, practice volume, procedures performed, sources of revenue, involvement with managed care and ...

This article summarizes the findings from the ICCD 1996 Clubhouse Survey for the 173 respondent clubhouses located in the United States. It is our intent in the present article to identify commonalties in clubhouse organizational structure and practice across diverse geographic areas of the USA and within diverse health care ...

OBJECTIVE: A survey was conducted to assess practice conditions in Atlantic Canada for 1996. METHOD: Otolaryngologists in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, and Newfoundland/Labrador with at least 1 year of practice experience in the area were canvassed regarding general work concerns, office and OR waiting lists, income, support ...

Benchmarking ranked third in an annual survey by Bain & Co., a Boston-based consulting firm, of the top management tools used around the world. Benchmarking is the only tool in the survey that has consistently risen in popularity over the last five years. Bain & Co. says there is a ...

OBJECTIVE: To identify store tobacco policies and retailer perception and beliefs that may have contributed to changes in compliance with youth access laws in California. DESIGN: In the winter of 1996-7, a cross sectional, follow up telephone survey was conducted of California store managers whose stores were anonymously surveyed for ...

Although the management of acute renal failure (ARF) constitutes a major component of the activities of practicing nephrologists, minimal information is available on the dialysis techniques utilized to treat ARF in the USA. It is evident from several recent publications that there are wide variations in the dialytic and nondialytic ...

To evaluate the current use, of and opinion regarding the use of closed suction drains in orthopaedic practice, a literature review and two surveys have been conducted. Recent literature suggests that there is no difference in terms of wound healing, post-operative pyrexia, range of motion, seroma collection, days of hospitalization ...

BACKGROUND: Studies suggest that between 30% and 50% of the adult population in industrialized nations use some form of complementary and/or alternative medicine (CAM) to prevent or treat a variety of health-related problems. METHOD: A comprehensive literature search identified 25 surveys conducted between 1982 and 1995 that examined the practices ...

The purpose of this article is to present the results of a survey of practice characteristics, salary, and benefits of 1,763 nurse practitioners (NPs) from the eastern United States who attended national NP conferences in Chicago, Illinois, and Boston, Massachusetts, in the fall of 1996 and in San Diego, California, ...

The purpose of this study was to determine physicians' attitudes toward and preferences for palliative management of malignant ascites. A random sample of eighty physicians practicing in Canada was selected from the memberships of the Canadian Association of Medical Oncologists, the Canadian Association of Gastroenterology, the Canadian Society of Palliative ...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: A nationwide survey was conducted in order to describe practice patterns surrounding the use of peripheral nerve blocks (PNBs). METHODS: Questionnaires were mailed to 805 anesthesiologists selected systematically from the 1995 ASA and ASRA membership directories. Responses from 409 attending anesthesiologists (response rate 56.5%) were analyzed. RESULTS: ...

BACKGROUND: The management of young children with fever without source is controversial, and differences between physician specialties have been noted previously. The emergence of penicillin-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae, the sharp decline in invasive Haemophilus influenzae infections in immunized populations and publication of practice guidelines have potentially altered physician practices. OBJECTIVE: To ...

OBJECTIVE: We seek to assess Australian psychiatrists' views and practices concerning provision of neuroleptic medication to patients with schizophrenia, and to determine whether such management strategies are likely to have changed over time and the extent to which they correspond to published treatment guidelines. METHOD: A sample of 139 psychiatrists ...

The recent availability of inexpensive document scanners and optical character recognition technology has created the ability to process surveys in large numbers with a minimum of operator time. Programs, which allow computer entry of such scanned questionnaire results directly into PC based relational databases, have further made it possible to ...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to determine whether income differences associated with gender exist for therapists in management positions and whether such differences also exist for salaried and self-employed individuals after adjusting for differences due to hours worked, years worked full-time, leave taken from the profession, ...

This questionnaire survey was undertaken to study the approaches to diagnosis and management of idiopathic carpal tunnel syndrome by rheumatologists. Analysis of the completed questionnaires (81% response) showed variations in availability and referral for electrophysiological tests (EMG), initial choice of treatment (depending on patient's age and occupation, duration of symptoms, ...

A survey of the practice styles and preferences of cataract surgeons, who are members of the Danish Ophthalmological Society with address in Denmark was performed in January 1997. Only ophthalmologists performing cataract surgery were asked to return the questionnaire. Ninety responses were received by the cut-off day, representing 26640 cataract ...

BACKGROUND: Fire ant allergy is a significant health problem in the southern United States. Management of fire ant allergy is less clearly defined than management of allergy to the winged Hymenoptera. OBJECTIVE: To determine how fire ant allergy is managed by practicing allergists. METHODS: A survey form was developed and ...

OBJECTIVE: To examine 6 years of practice characteristics data of Fellows of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), focusing on sex differences for specialty area, primary activity, practice setting, and practice location. METHODS: We analyzed data from 19 Periodic Surveys that were fielded between 1987 and 1992. The Periodic Survey ...

Are physicians prepared to operate competitively for the 21st century? Not according to a recent survey completed by the Society of Physicians in Administration's (SPA) membership. In fact, as far back as the 1980s, physician surveys indicated that third-year physician residents and recent graduates felt their training in practice management ...

A postal survey was conducted in 1995 in South and West Devon to explore the perceived value of practice charters; 79 (77%) of the practices surveyed had a charter and 24 (23%) did not. Three-quarters of responding practices with a charter felt that its effects were neither positive nor negative. ...

STUDY OBJECTIVES: To determine how controversial the management of a number of clinical scenarios that are labeled as controversial (eg, how to induce anesthesia in the "open eye-full stomach" patient) are among those practicing anesthesia. DESIGN: Written survey. SETTING: A national anesthesiology review course. SUBJECTS: 575 anesthesiologists attending the review ...

The authors surveyed 1,137 physicians, nurses, and social workers (overall response = 48%) to characterize the willingness to endorse assisted suicide. Willingness to endorse varied among disciplines and was negatively correlated with level of religious belief (r = -0.35, P < 0.0001), knowledge of symptom management (r = -0.21, P ...