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Length of patient-physician relationship and patients' satisfaction and preventive service use in the rural south: a cross-sectional telephone studyKatrina E Donahue
Department of Family Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, USA
BMC Fam Pract 6:40. 2005....
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...
Research published in 2003 by U.S. family medicine authorsDonald E Pathman
Department of Family Medicine, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 7595, USA
J Am Board Fam Med 21:6-16. 2008....- 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.... - Use of program logic models in the Southern Rural Access Program evaluationDonald Pathman
Cecil G Sheps Center, CB 7590, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
J Rural Health 19:308-13. 2003..Program logic models, on balance, proved their merit in the SRAP through their contributions to its management and evaluation and by providing a better understanding of the program's initiatives, successes, and potential impact... - National Health Service Corps staffing and the growth of the local rural non-NHSC primary care physician workforceDonald E Pathman
Program on Health Professions and Primary Care, Cecil G Sheps Center for Health Services Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
J Rural Health 22:285-93. 2006.... - Use of data by hospitals in North Carolina to identify disparities in the care and outcomes of minority patientsDonald E Pathman
Cecil G Sheps Center for Health Services Research, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, Campus Box 7590, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 7590, USA
N C Med J 72:177-82. 2011..This study assesses whether and in what ways hospitals in North Carolina use data to understand the experiences of minority patients... - 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.... - 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... - Differences in access to outpatient medical care for black and white adults in the rural SouthDonald E Pathman
Cecil G Sheps Center for Health Services Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599 7590, USA
Med Care 44:429-38. 2006.... - Changes in age-adjusted mortality rates and disparities for rural physician shortage areas staffed by the National Health Service Corps: 1984-1998Donald E Pathman
Cecil G Sheps Center for Health Services Research and Department of Family Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
J Rural Health 21:214-20. 2005.... - 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.... - 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... - The four community dimensions of primary care practiceD E Pathman
Department of Family Medicine, UNC Chapel Hill 27599, USA
J Fam Pract 46:293-303. 1998..Other goals were to characterize physicians' level of involvement in each of these four types of community activities, and to identify the correlates of greater and lesser involvement... - 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... - What outcomes should we expect from programs that pay physicians'training expenses in exchange for service?Donald E Pathman
Progam on Health Professions and Primary Care, Cecil G Sheps Center for Health Services Research, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
N C Med J 67:77-82. 2006 - 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.... - Interdependence of general surgeons and primary care physicians in rural communitiesDonald E Pathman
Department of Family Medicine, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, UNC Campus Box 7590, 725 Martin Luther King Jr, Boulevard, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 7590, USA
Surg Clin North Am 89:1293-302, vii-viii. 2009.... - Effectiveness of a grant program's efforts to promote synergy within its funded initiatives: perceptions of participants of the Southern Rural Access ProgramDonald E Pathman
Cecil G, Sheps Center for Health Services Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
BMC Health Serv Res 8:263. 2008..S. states to strengthen basic health care services in targeted rural counties... - 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... - 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... - 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... - Are there enough doctors in my rural community? Perceptions of the local physician supplyHolly Biola
Scott Clinic, Burlington, NC, USA
J Rural Health 25:115-23. 2009.... - Adults' lack of a usual source of care: a matter of preference?Anthony J Viera
Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
Ann Fam Med 4:359-65. 2006..We wanted to identify characteristics of adults who do not have a usual source of care and then stratify the analysis by those who prefer vs those who do not prefer to have a usual source of care... - The contribution of hypertension to black-white differences in likelihood of coronary artery disease detected during elective angiographyMatthew A Triplette
Department of Public Health Leadership, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA
Am J Hypertens 24:181-6. 2011.... - Service-linked scholarships, loans, and loan repayment programs for nurses in the southeastSamir I Thaker
Cecil G Sheps Center for Health Services Research, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
J Prof Nurs 24:122-30. 2008..Future research should identify and describe these programs for other regions, measure outcomes, and offer recommendations to maximize their effectiveness in alleviating nursing shortages... - Caring for older patients: current attitudes and future plans of family medicine residentsMargaret R Helton
Department of Family Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 7595, USA
Fam Med 40:707-14. 2008..We further examined the obstacles and incentives they perceived for providing nursing home care... - Trends in the rural-urban distribution of general pediatriciansG D Randolph
Cecil G Sheps Center for Health Services Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599 7226, USA
Pediatrics 107:E18. 2001..It is not known whether this objective has been met for general pediatricians. This study examines trends in the rural-urban distribution of general pediatricians in the United States from 1981 to 1996... - Primary care physicians' training and their community involvementB D Steiner
Department of Family Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA
Fam Med 31:257-62. 1999..This study examines associations between physicians' current level of involvement in their communities and a range of prior educational experiences... - Factors affecting the match rate of rural training tracks in family practiceWail Malaty
Family Practice Rural Training Track, Mountain Area Health Education Center, Hendersonville, NC, USA
Fam Med 34:258-61. 2002..No published studies have systematically evaluated this fill rate. This study determined the match rate of rural track family practice residencies and examined factors associated with higher rates... - Primary medication adherence in a rural population: the role of the patient-physician relationship and satisfaction with careThomas H Wroth
Department of Family Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
J Am Board Fam Med 19:478-86. 2006.... - A comparative assessment of West Virginia's financial incentive programs for rural physiciansJodie Jackson
West Virginia University Office of Rural Health, PO Box 9003, Morgantown, WV 26506 9003, USA
J Rural Health 19:329-39. 2003..Critical evaluation of state-supported programs is often lacking but is necessary to determine their efficacy and to improve outcomes... - Lessons learned in phase I of the Southern Rural Access ProgramMichael Beachler
Penn State College of Medicine, 600 Centerview Dr, Suite 5301, Hershey, PA 17033-0855, USA
J Rural Health 19:416-21. 2003..Additional challenges include maintaining interagency coordination over time and managing staff and lead agency turnover. Overall, the experience suggests that a concentrated regional approach has merit... - A prevalence study of faith-based healing in the rural southeastern United StatesSharon K Hull
Department of Medical Humanities, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, PO Box 19620, Springfield, Illinois 62794 9603, USA
South Med J 99:644-53. 2006..Although prayer and other spiritual practices are common among residents of the rural south, the use of faith-based healers (FBH), or healers who use prayer as their primary healing modality, has not been explored in this population... - Patients' beliefs about racism, preferences for physician race, and satisfaction with careFrederick M Chen
Center for Primary Care, Prevention, and Clinical Partnerships, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD, USA
Ann Fam Med 3:138-43. 2005..Few studies have attempted to link patients' beliefs about racism in the health care system with how they use and experience health care... - Perception of racial barriers to health care in the rural SouthAngela Fowler-Brown
Division of General Medicine and Primary Care, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, USA
J Health Care Poor Underserved 17:86-100. 2006..The perception of racial barriers to health care is prevalent in the rural South, especially among African Americans. The consequences of this perception may include mistrust and dissatisfaction with medical care... - 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... - Worklife and satisfaction of general internistsTosha B Wetterneck
Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics, 600 W Highland Ave, J5 214 Clinical Science Center, MC 2454, Madison, WI 53792 2454, USA
Arch Intern Med 162:649-56. 2002..Prior studies have reported relatively low job satisfaction for general internists. We used data from a large US physician survey to assess correlates of satisfaction of general internists... - Do adults who believe in periodic health examinations receive more clinical preventive services?Andrea Cherrington
Department of Medicine, University of Alabama Birmingham, 1530 3rd Avenue South, FOT 720, Birmingham, AL 35294 3407, USA
Prev Med 45:282-9. 2007..This study assessed whether individuals' beliefs about the advisability of periodic health examinations contribute to the likelihood that they receive recommended clinical preventive services... - 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... - A metric of progress for family medicine research: from the North American Primary Care Research GroupDonald E Pathman
Ann Fam Med 3:88-9. 2005