A computer-administered version of the Word Memory Test (WMT) was compared with the orally administered version in two clinical samples to assess equivalency of the two versions. The two samples included inpatients at an epilepsy center (n = 67) and forensic and clinical referrals to a private practice (n = 58). A randomized procedure was used to assign participants to either version of the WMT...

The information below regarding the use of imaging to characterize adrenal masses, will benefit practicing radiologists in both the academic and private practice settings. The decision as to how to manage an incidentally detected adrenal mass is one we face every day, and in order to recommend the most appropriate imaging test for characterization, we need to be familiar with the various imagin...

OBJECTIVE Pay-for-performance programmes have been widely implemented in primary care, but few studies have investigated their potential adverse effects on the intrinsic motivation of general practitioners (GPs) even though intrinsic motivation may be a key determinant of quality in health care. Our aim was to compare methods for developing a composite score of GPs' intrinsic motivation and to ...

BACKGROUND Hearing threshold data are not particularly predictive of self-perceived hearing handicap or readiness to pursue amplification. Poor correlations between these measures have been reported repeatedly. When a patient is evaluated for hearing loss, it is common to collect both threshold data and the individual's self-perception of hearing ability. This is done to help the patient make a...

The belief that patients seen in hospital outpatient departments are sicker than those patients seen by private practice physicians is examined in this article. A large scale data set developed by Robert Mendenhall at the University of Southern California and modeled on the National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NAMCS) is used for secondary analysis. Differences in case-mix complexity were fo...

BACKGROUND There is substantial variation in the practice of preoperative medical evaluation (PME) and limited evidence for its benefit, which raises concerns about overuse. Surgeons have a unique role in this multidisciplinary practice. The objective of this qualitative study was to explore surgeons' practices and their beliefs about PME. METHODS We conducted of semi-structured interviews wi...

There has been a marked increase of women in dentistry in Brazil and in many countries around the world. The behavioral mechanisms behind the choice of career differ between men and women, and the inclination to care for others is thought by some to be more present in women than it is in men. This article discusses the reasons that lead women to choose dentistry as a profession in Brazil and th...

Guest editors / Sajid A. Jivraj, DDS, MSEd, is chairman of the Section of Fixed Prosthodontics and Operative D e n t i s t r y , University of Southern California School of Dentistry. He also maintains a private practice limited to prosthodontics in Sherman Oaks and Torrance, Calif. Terry E. Donovan, DDS, is professor and division chair, Primary Oral Health care, University of Southern Californ...

The US healthcare system is in the midst of major changes driven by four forces: the growing consensus in the country that the current system is financially unsustainable; managed care and parity legislation; the Affordable Care Act 2010; and the ageing of the 'baby boomer' generation. How these forces will combine and interact is unclear. The current state of in-patient psychiatric care and tr...

Women comprise 73 percent of all dentists in Bulgaria. Almost all of them started their careers as salaried, and now they are self-employed. The purpose of this study was to show how female dentists in Bulgaria met the challenges of the social and health reforms during the period of transition from totalitarian to democratic rule. A field sociological survey was carried out between October 1996...