OBJECTIVE This study examined trends in the prescription of antipsychotic drugs in a nationally representative sample of physicians in nonfederal office-based clinical practice during the 1990s. METHODS The authors analyzed physician-reported data from annual National Ambulatory Medical Care Surveys between 1989 and 1997 using weighted national estimates of physician visits during which antip...

BACKGROUND The purpose of this study was to determine whether self-perceived health status is predictive of a doctor's office visit in the Longitudinal Study on Aging (LSOA). METHODS This was a population-based longitudinal study of persons aged ≥70 years who participated in the Study on Aging in 1984 and a follow-up survey of the LSOA in 1986. The cohort for the study consisted of 560 blacks...

Abstract For transnational families, visits represent an opportunity to temporarily punctuate the geographical distance that separates them from significant others in everyday life. Drawing on data mapping‐interviews conducted with older skilled migrants Abu Dhabi, UAE, this paper is concerned how visiting harnessed sustain a sense of family togetherness at later stage life course. The discussi...

The attempt to measure investors’ mood find an early indicator of financial markets has evolved and developed with the advancement technology over years. first attempts were based on surveys, a long expensive process. Nowadays, big data made it possible investor’s accurately almost entirely online. This paper analyzes explanatory predictive capacity Wikipedia pageviews for Nasdaq index. For thi...

BACKGROUND Limited data are available on physicians' accuracy in coding for their services. The purpose of this study was to determine the current procedural terminology (CPT) evaluation and management coding accuracy of family physicians and define demographic variables associated with coding accuracy. METHODS Six hundred randomly selected active members of the Illinois Academy of Family Phy...

We estimate the impact of increased access to telemedicine that followed widespread adoption during March-April 2020 lockdown period in Israel (due COVID-19). focus on post-lockdown period, which was characterized by a temporary return normalcy. Prior lockdown, accounted for about 5% all primary care visits. It peaked at around 40% and remained high, 20%, period. Using difference-in-differences...

To assess the use of telemedicine with phone-call visits as a practical tool to follow-up patients affected by urological benign diseases, whose clinic had been cancelled during acute phase COVID-19 pandemic. Patients were contacted via and specific questionnaire was administered evaluate health status these identify those who needed an “in-person” ambulatory visit due worsening their condition...

When embarking on a migration journey, migrants cultivate personal ideas of themselves ‘here’ and ‘there’. This includes one’s reflections about possible return – the imaginaries. They emerge from time-, place- person-specific ideas, attitudes, feelings possibilities before, after, relocation. Through digital ethnographic study, this paper seeks to expand research done how so-called ‘middling’ ...

BACKGROUND Little is known about the return to sports after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction and whether sex differences exist regarding the level and timing at which athletes return. HYPOTHESES Compared to school-aged girls, boys return to full sports earlier and at a higher frequency after surgery (1). Athletes who return to sports earlier will not have a higher incidence of subseq...

BACKGROUND Little data describes the role of child abuse pediatricians in consultation for physical abuse patients the pediatric emergency department. OBJECTIVES To compare adherence in the emergency department to hospital physical abuse guidelines and need to return for testing between 2 groups: those receiving a child abuse consultation in the pediatric emergency department vs those who rec...