CONTEXT Despite increased emphasis on primary care in the United States, most care continues to be provided by specialists. The extent to which specialists incorporate elements of primary care in their approach to ambulatory patients is unknown. OBJECTIVES To examine the extent to which selected medical and surgical subspecialties provide generalist care to Medicare patients, and to compare p...

CONTEXT Hospitals in rural communities may seek to increase specialty care access by establishing clinics staffed by visiting specialists. PURPOSE To examine the visiting specialist care delivery model in Massachusetts, including reasons specialists develop secondary rural practices and distances they travel, as well as their degree of satisfaction and intention to continue the visiting arran...

BACKGROUND Although medical specialists traditionally hold negative views towards working part-time, the practice of medicine has evolved. Given the trend towards more part-time work and that there is no evidence that it compromises the quality of care, attitudes towards part-time work may have changed as well in recent years. The aim of this paper was to examine the possible changes in attitud...

introduction: periradicular surgery is an appropriate treatment method for dental periradicular impairments. the present study was carried out to analyze the knowledge of general dentists and dental specialists about periradicular surgery. methods: this descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted on 93 general dentists and 7 dental specialists (endodontists and oral and maxillofacial surgeo...

BACKGROUND Collaboration between general practitioners (GPs) and specialists has been the focus of many collaborative care projects during the past decade. Unfortunately, quite a number of these projects failed. This raises the question of what motivates medical specialists to initiate and continue participating with GPs in new collaborative care models. The following question is addressed in t...