Physicians’ Assurances of Confidentiality and Time Spent Alone With Adolescents During Primary Care Visits

Estimated time spent on preventive services by primary care physicians

BACKGROUND Delivery of preventive health services in primary care is lacking. One of the main barriers is lack of time. We estimated the amount of time primary care physicians spend on important preventive health services. METHODS We analyzed a large dataset of primary care (family and internal medicine) visits using the National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (2001-4); analyses were conducte...

Violations of medical confidentiality: opinions of primary care physicians.

BACKGROUND Physicians should be able to distinguish situations where they need to protect confidentiality from those where they could be obligated to reveal information. Data are scarce concerning physician's attitudes in daily situations where violations of confidentiality are avoidable. Physicians should be aware of situations where patients are identifiable. AIM To solicit participation of...

Sociodemographic and geographic characteristics associated with patient visits to osteopathic physicians for primary care

BACKGROUND Health care reform promises to dramatically increase the number of Americans covered by health insurance. Osteopathic physicians (DOs) are recognized for primary care, including a "hands-on" style with an emphasis on patient-centered care. Thus, DOs may be well positioned to deliver primary care in this emerging health care environment. METHODS We used data from the National Ambula...

Speaking and interruptions during primary care office visits.

BACKGROUND Patients and physicians value effective communication and consider it an essential part of the medical encounter. This study examined physician-patient communication patterns, and interruptions in communication, during patient visits with family practice and internal medicine residents. METHODS Observational data obtained from 60 routine primary care office visits included the time...

Drug utilization in office visits to primary care physicians: National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey, 1980.