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| T R KonradSummaryAffiliation: University of North Carolina Country: USA Publications
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The difficult doctor? Characteristics of physicians who report frustration with patients: an analysis of survey dataErin E Krebs
Center for Implementing Evidence Based Practice, Richard L Roudebush Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Indianapolis, IN, USA
BMC Health Serv Res 6:128. 2006..quot; Our objective was to determine physician and practice characteristics associated with greater physician-reported frustration with patients...- Physician-patient racial concordance, continuity of care, and patterns of care for hypertensionThomas R Konrad
Cecil G Sheps Center for Health Services Research, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 7590, USA
Am J Public Health 95:2186-90. 2005..Physician race had little effect, but continuity is important for successful management of hypertension in older persons... 
Measuring physician job satisfaction in a changing workplace and a challenging environment. SGIM Career Satisfaction Study Group. Society of General Internal MedicineT R Konrad
Cecil G Sheps Center for Health Services Research, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 27599 7590, USA
Med Care 37:1174-82. 1999..Because physician job satisfaction has been linked to clinical variables, better measurement might help to ameliorate conditions linked to medical disaffection, possibly improving health care...- Who do we want to care for our mothers? Defining and reinforcing the direct care workforceThomas R Konrad
Program on Health Professions and Primary Care, Cecil G Sheps Center for Health Services Research, UNC School of Medicine, NC, USA
N C Med J 63:108-9. 2002 - How adults' access to outpatient physician services relates to the local supply of primary care physicians in the rural southeastDonald E Pathman
Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, UNC-CH CB#7590, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
Health Serv Res 41:79-102. 2006..Access for those insured under Medicaid and the uninsured, however, is in more ways sensitive to local physician densities... - Preparing and retaining rural physicians through medical educationD E Pathman
Center for Health Services Research, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 27599 7590, USA
Acad Med 74:810-20. 1999..To identify educational approaches that best prepare physicians for rural work and small-town living, and that promote longer rural practice retention... - Impact of a new universal purchase vaccine program in North CarolinaG L Freed
Division of Community Pediatrics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 151:1117-24. 1997..To explore the effects of state universal purchase (UP) of vaccines for all children, regardless of income or insurance status, on North Carolina physicians and families... - Medical training debt and service commitments: the rural consequencesD E Pathman
Cecil G Sheps Center for Health Services Research, CB 7590, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
J Rural Health 16:264-72. 2000.... - The need of community health centers for international medical graduatesL D Baer
Cecil G Sheps Center for Health Services Research, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 27599 7590, USA
Am J Public Health 89:1570-4. 1999..This study sought to determine whether community health centers need international medical graduates to fill staff positions... - The economic implications of self-care: the effect of lifestyle, functional adaptations, and medical self-care among a national sample of Medicare beneficiariesS C Stearns
Department of Health Policy and Administration, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 27599 7400, USA
Am J Public Health 90:1608-12. 2000..This study measured associations between self-care practices (lifestyle practices, adaptations to functional limitations, and medical self-care) and Medicare expenditures among a national sample of adults 65 years and older... - The wineglass model: tracking the locational histories of health professionalsL D Baer
Department of Geography, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 27599 3220, USA
Soc Sci Med 50:317-29. 2000.... - The role of state policies and programs in buffering the effects of poverty on children's immunization receiptM L Mayer
Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University, Calif, USA
Am J Public Health 89:164-70. 1999..This study assessed the influence of public policies on the immunization status of 2-year old children in the United States... - Outcomes of states' scholarship, loan repayment, and related programs for physiciansDonald E Pathman
Cecil G Sheps Center for Health Services Research, UNC Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, USA
Med Care 42:560-8. 2004.... - Brief communication: physician interest in volunteer service during retirementPhilip D Sloane
Cecil G Sheps Center for Health Services Research, Department of Family Medicine, and School of Social Work, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, USA
Ann Intern Med 149:317-22. 2008..Baby boomers approaching retirement will include unprecedented numbers of physicians, many of whom want to remain productive... - A mixed-method evaluation of a workforce development intervention for nursing assistants in nursing homes: the case of WIN A STEP UPJennifer Craft Morgan
University of North Carolina Institute on Aging, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
Gerontologist 48:71-9. 2008.... - Health and functional outcomes and health care utilization of persons with dementia in residential care and assisted living facilities: comparison with nursing homesPhilip D Sloane
Program on Aging, Disability, and Long Term Care, Cecil G Sheps Center for Health Services Research, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
Gerontologist 45:124-32. 2005..This study compares health and functional outcomes and health care utilization of persons with dementia residing in residential care/assisted living (RC/AL) facilities and nursing homes... - Blood bank management of sickle cell patients at comprehensive sickle cell centersAraba Afenyi-Annan
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and the Cecil G Sheps Center for Health Services Research, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514 7600, USA
Transfusion 47:2089-97. 2007..The purpose of this study was to examine BB practices for SCD patients at NIH Comprehensive Sickle Cell Centers (CSCCs) and to determine whether consensus in BB management exists... 
Workplace relational factors and physicians' intention to withdraw from practiceLeah E Masselink
Department of Health Policy and Administration, University of North Carolina School of Public Health, Chapel Hill, USA
Health Care Manage Rev 33:178-87. 2008..Although these recommendations are touted as "evidence-based" practices, the importance of workplace relationships for physician retention has not been established empirically...- Fostering supportive learning environments in long-term care: the case of WIN A STEP UPJennifer Craft Morgan
Institute on Aging, University of North Carolina, 720 MLK Jr Blvd CB 1030, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
Gerontol Geriatr Educ 28:55-75. 2007..Attention to pre-training, training and post-training conditions is necessary to successfully integrate learning into practice in LTC... - Determinants and effects of nurse staffing intensity and skill mix in residential care/assisted living settingsSally C Stearns
Department of Health Policy and Administration, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, CB 7411, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 7411, USA
Gerontologist 47:662-71. 2007..This study analyzed the intensity and skill mix of nursing staff using data from a four-state study, and their relationship to outcomes... - Interprofessional collaboration and job satisfaction of chiropractic physiciansThomas R Konrad
Cecil G Sheps Center for Health Services Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 725 Airport Road, CB 7590, Suite 210, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 7590, USA
J Manipulative Physiol Ther 27:245-52. 2004.... - The proximity of predominantly African American and Hispanic rural communities to physicians and hospital servicesDonald E Pathman
Cecil G Sheps Center for Health Services Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 27599, USA
J Rural Health 18:416-27. 2002.... - Provision of care to the underserved populations by National Health Service Corps alumni dentistsMahyar Mofidi
Cecil G Sheps Center for Health Services Research, University of North Carolina, 725 Airport Road, CB 7590, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 7590, USA
J Public Health Dent 62:102-8. 2002..This study examined factors associated with dentists continuing to provide care to the underserved populations beyond their National Health Service Corps (NHSC) obligation period... - Predictive accuracy of rural physicians' stated retention plansDonald E Pathman
Cecil G Sheps Center, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
J Rural Health 19:236-44. 2003.... - Retention of primary care physicians in rural health professional shortage areasDonald E Pathman
Cecil G Sheps Center for Health Services Research, University of North Carolina CB 7590, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
Am J Public Health 94:1723-9. 2004..We tested the assumption that average job retention duration is shorter for physicians in rural health professional shortage areas (HPSAs) than for physicians in rural non-HPSAs... - Assisted living and nursing homes: apples and oranges?Sheryl Zimmerman
Program on Aging, Disability, and Long Term Care, Cecil G Sheps Center for Health Services Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 725 Airport Road, Campus Box 7590, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 7590, USA
Gerontologist 43:107-17. 2003.... - The use of federal and state databases to conduct health services research related to physical and occupational therapyJanet K Freburger
Cecil G Sheps Center for Health Services Research, Division of Physical Therapy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 7590, USA
Arch Phys Med Rehabil 83:837-45. 2002..To describe the characteristics of a number of secondary databases that have the potential to answer questions related to the use of, access to, and effectiveness of physical therapy (PT) and occupational therapy (OT)... - Physician job satisfaction, dissatisfaction, and turnoverDonald E Pathman
Cecil G Sheps Center for Health Services Research and Department of Family Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 7590, USA
J Fam Pract 51:593. 2002..We studied how physicians' relative satisfaction and/or dissatisfaction with 10 distinct aspects of their work protected against or promoted their plans for leaving their jobs... - It's about time: physicians' perceptions of time constraints in primary care medical practice in three national healthcare systemsThomas R Konrad
Cecil G Sheps Center for Health Services Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
Med Care 48:95-100. 2010.... - Hospital resource utilization among patients with sickle cell diseaseMichelle L Mayer
Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA
J Health Care Poor Underserved 14:122-35. 2003..Patient characteristics, especially severity measures, related significantly to total hospital charges, length of stay, and average daily charges, but few hospital characteristics were associated significantly with these outcomes... - State scholarship, loan forgiveness, and related programs: the unheralded safety netD E Pathman
Cecil G Sheps Center for Health Services Research, University of North Carolina, CB7590, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
JAMA 284:2084-92. 2000..With no national coordination or mandate to publicize these efforts, little is known about these state programs and their recent growth... - County-level estimates of mental health professional shortage in the United StatesKathleen C Thomas
Cecil G Sheps Center for Health Services Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
Psychiatr Serv 60:1323-8. 2009..A goal was to motivate discussion of the data improvements and practice standards required to develop an adequate mental health professional workforce... - County-level estimates of need for mental health professionals in the United StatesThomas R Konrad
Cecil G Sheps Center for Health Services Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
Psychiatr Serv 60:1307-14. 2009..The goal of this study was to develop the best current estimates of need for mental health professionals in the United States for workforce planning and to highlight major data gaps... - County-level estimates of mental health professional supply in the United StatesAlan R Ellis
Cecil G Sheps Center for Health Services Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
Psychiatr Serv 60:1315-22. 2009..This study compiled national county-level data and examined the geographic distribution of providers in six mental health professions and the correlates of county-level provider supply... - Obstetrician-gynecologists and the intrauterine device: a survey of attitudes and practiceNancy L Stanwood
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Cecil G Sheps Center for Health Services Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
Obstet Gynecol 99:275-80. 2002.... - Acceptance of routine ELISA testing among black women STD patients: relationship to patient-provider racial concordanceChandra L Ford
Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
Sex Transm Dis 35:211-3. 2008 - Factors associated with the income distribution of full-time physicians: a quantile regression approachYa Chen Tina Shih
Section of Health Services Research, Department of Biostatistics, Division of Quantitative Sciences, The University of Texas, M D Anderson Cancer Center, TX, USA
Health Serv Res 42:1895-925. 2007..We investigated factors underlying the distribution of income within the physician population... - The relationship of organizational culture, stress, satisfaction, and burnout with physician-reported error and suboptimal patient care: results from the MEMO studyEric S Williams
Department of Management and Marketing, Culverhouse College of Commerce and Business Administration, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, USA
Health Care Manage Rev 32:203-12. 2007.... - What do physicians want in their ideal job?Eric S Williams
Department of Management and Marketing, Culverhouse College of Commerce and Business Administration, 164 Alston Hall, Box 870225, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487, USA
J Med Pract Manage 18:179-83. 2003..Practice organizations suffer through lower patient satisfaction and increased recruiting costs. Based on our findings, we offer five recommendations to maximize the well-being of physicians in ambulatory care settings... - Caring for the underserved: current practice of alumni of the National Health Service CorpsDeborah S Porterfield
J Health Care Poor Underserved 14:256-71. 2003..Associations between clinician and service experience characteristics and retention in practice with the underserved can inform policy and research to improve retention... - Self-reported delay in seeking care has poor validity for predicting adverse outcomesRandall W Rupper
Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center, Salt Lake City, Utah 84148, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 52:2104-9. 2004..To determine whether self-reports of delayed care predict increased mortality and functional decline in community-dwelling elderly... - Hydroxyurea therapy for sickle cell disease in community-based practices: a survey of Florida and North Carolina hematologists/oncologistsMarc S Zumberg
Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32610-0277, USA
Am J Hematol 79:107-13. 2005..Further resources should focus on updating physicians on recently published material supporting the effectiveness of HU in symptomatic SCD as well as providing management guidelines to optimize the use of HU... - HMO employment and African-American physiciansForrest Briscoe
The Pennsylvania State University, 128 Willard Building, University Park, PA 16802, USA
J Natl Med Assoc 98:1318-25. 2006..To assess the level and determinants of African-American physicians' employment in health maintenance organizations (HMOs), particularly early in their careers... - Comparing United States versus international medical school graduate physicians who serve African- American and White elderlyDaniel L Howard
The Institute for Health, Social, and Community Research at Shaw University, Raleigh, NC 27601, USA
Health Serv Res 41:2155-81. 2006..However, it is unclear whether concerns regarding cultural competency, communication and the quality of care undermine the contribution IMGs make to these populations... - International medical graduate physicians in the United States: changes since 1981L Gary Hart
Rural Health Office, Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
Health Aff (Millwood) 26:1159-69. 2007..IMGs are an important source of primary care physicians in rural and underserved areas... - Physician, practice, and patient characteristics related to primary care physician physical and mental health: results from the Physician Worklife StudyEric S Williams
Department of Management and Marketing, Culverhouse College of Commerce and Business Administration, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa 35487-0225, USA
Health Serv Res 37:121-43. 2002..These findings are particularly important as physicians are more tightly integrated into the health care system that may be less clearly under their exclusive control... - Provider characteristics related to antidepressant use in older peopleGerda G Fillenbaum
Center for the Study of Aging and Human Development, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 54:942-9. 2006..To determine whether the characteristics of the usual medical care providers of older antidepressant users changed between 1986 and 1997 with the introduction of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors... - Part-time physicians...prevalent, connected, and satisfiedHilit F Mechaber
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL 33101, USA
J Gen Intern Med 23:300-3. 2008..The health care workforce is evolving and part-time practice is increasing. The objective of this work is to determine the relationship between part-time status, workplace conditions, and physician outcomes... - Critical review of arthritis self-management strategy useJulie J Keysor
Department of Physical Therapy, Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
Arthritis Rheum 49:724-31. 2003 - What effect does increasing inpatient time have on outpatient-oriented internist satisfaction?Sanjay Saint
Health Services Research and Development Field Program, Ann Arbor VA Center for Practice Management and Outcomes Research, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
J Gen Intern Med 18:725-9. 2003..e., internists who spend less than 50% of their clinical time caring for inpatients), what effect does time spent in the hospital have on physician satisfaction, stress, and burnout?"..