Outcome study of substance impaired physicians and physician assistants under contract with North Carolina Physicians Health Program for the period 1995-2000.

Factors related to longevity of physician in the family physician program in Rural family physician program of sabsevar by using Dematel method

Background and Aim: The fair access to health services is one of the most important challenges of the country health system. The family physician was designed to increase access to services, reduce parallel work, and make optimal use of the country’s health resources. The aim of this study was to investigate the factors related to the longevity of physicians in the family physicians Materials ...

Physician assistants. Last bastion of primary care--or will they follow physicians into specialized practice?

ارزیابی طرح پزشک خانواده شهری در مراکز پایلوت تحت پوشش دانشگاه جندی شاپور اهواز

  Background and Aim: Family physician is the core in the world efforts for quality improvement, cost effectiveness, and equity in the health care systems. The main purpose of this present study was to investigate situation of the family physician program and identify referral route in this program in six pilot cities in Khuzestan province .   Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional descriptiv...

Non-physician Clinicians in Sub-Saharan Africa and the Evolving Role of Physicians

Responding to critical shortages of physicians, most sub-Saharan countries have scaled up training of nonphysician clinicians (NPCs), resulting in a gradual but decisive shift to NPCs as the cornerstone of healthcare delivery. This development should unfold in parallel with strategic rethinking about the role of physicians and with innovations in physician education and in-service training. In ...

تحلیلی بر رضایتمندی بیماران از اجرای طرح پزشک خانواده شهری در استان مازندران

Background and purpose: The family physician is obliged to deliver qualified and comprehensive services according to the people`s need for provision, protection and improvement of their physical, mental, and social health. This study aimed at investigating patients’ satisfaction from urban family physician program in Mazandaran province, Iran, 2015. Materials and methods: In this cross...