The aim of this study was to explore the associations among the medication regimen complexity index (MRCI), medical specialty, and medication possession ratio (MPR) in newly diagnosed hypertensive patients.Data from 19,859 newly diagnosed hypertensive patients were collected from 2,000,000 random samples of the National Health Insurance Research Database in Taiwan. All study participants were f...

BACKGROUND Choosing a medical specialty can be either a daunting and confusing experience for some medical students and junior doctors or a foregone conclusion to others. The aim of this study is to evaluate factors affecting future specialty choice among medical students in Kuwait University. METHODS A self-administered questionnaire was used to collect data from medical students registered ...

BACKGROUND Little research addresses how medical students develop their choice of specialty training in Japan. The purpose of this research was to elucidate factors considered by Japanese medical students when formulating their specialty choice. METHODS We conducted qualitative interviews with 25 Japanese medical students regarding factors influencing specialty preference and their views on r...

conclusions most nurses who participated in this study had a high perception of organizational justice. the mean score of organizational justice was higher in specialty hospitals. health care policy makers and hospital managers should support their employees, especially nurses through fairness in distributions, procedures, and interactions. results of 400 nurses, 66% perceived a high level of o...

Although the physician assistant (PA) profession was created to bolster the primary care workforce, PAs have assumed increasing roles in subspecialties. This paper compares specialty prevalence between physicians and physician assistants, analyzes trends in PAs' specialty choices from 1997 to 2006, and suggests options for influencing these specialty choices in the future. The number of PAs is ...

PURPOSE To discuss the role of restricted drug distribution systems in the implementation of risk evaluation and mitigation strategies (REMS), health-system pharmacists' concerns associated with the use of specialty pharmacies and other restricted drug distribution systems, reimbursement policies for high-cost specialty drugs, supply chain models for traditional and specialty drugs, and emergin...

OBJECTIVES This study was intended to examine whether a marketing research approach improves understanding of medical specialty selection by medical students. This approach likens students to consumers who are deciding whether or not to purchase a product (specialty). This approach proposes that when consumers' criteria match their perceptions of a product's features, the likelihood that they w...

1 Medical research unit in Clinical Epidemiology, UMAE, Specialty Hospital, CMNO, IMSS, Guadalajara, Jal. México. 2 Research Division, UMAE, Specialty Hospital, CMNO, IMSS. Department of Physiology, CUCS, University of Guadalajara. Guadalajara, Jal. México. 3 Medical research unit in Clinical Epidemiology, Specialty Hospital, CMNO, IMSS. Coordination of Research, School of Medicine, Autonomous ...