Background: Previous research has highlighted discrepancies between patient and physician ratings of disease severity. Whether this is also the case in psoriasis requires investigation. We investigate using study data on tofacitinib, an oral Janus kinase inhibitor that is being investigated for psoriasis. Objective: To examine the level of concordance between two measures – Patient Global Asses...

Several studies suggest that patients want the ability to communicate electronically with their physicians and that electronic communication can facilitate patient-centered care. However, to date, despite patient demand and a myriad of possible benefits, most physicians have resisted providing this option. This work is a preliminary investigation into the effects of electronic physician-to-pati...

OBJECTIVE To explore the degree of variation in the quality of asthma management among physician groups participating in a managed care network. STUDY DESIGN Cross-sectional observation. PATIENTS AND METHODS The study population consisted of patients with moderate or severe asthma identified through a pharmacy database from a managed care plan in 1996. The patients were surveyed to obtain t...

background: family physician plan is known as one of the most appropriate strategies to implement rural health insurance program in the form of referral system in iran. this study aims to determine the satisfaction of family physicians and service consumers and its causes of dissatisfaction in the south of iran. materials and methods: this cross-sectional study was performed in kerman health ne...

over the past years there has been a significant growth in corporate reporting of environmental,social and corporate governance (esg) factors. this study assesses whether esg ratings are related to firmperformance. through a multivariate analysis we have confirmed differences between the esg scores used toevaluate environmental, social and corporate governance factors of rated companies. we che...

few, if any, studies have investigated the effect of professional experience as a rater variable and type of assessment as a task variable on raters’ criteria in the assessment of speech acts. this study aimed to explore the impact of nonnative teachers’ professional experience on the use of criteria in monologic and dialogic assessment of 12 role-plays of 3 apology speech acts. to this end, 60...

BACKGROUND Overall, poor physician-patient communication is related to post-discharge adverse events and readmission. We analyzed patients' ratings of the quality of physician-patient communication during hospitalization and how this varies by health literacy. METHODS Medical patients were interviewed during their hospitalization to assess personal characteristics and health literacy. After d...

BACKGROUND African-American patients who visit physicians of the same race rate their medical visits as more satisfying and participatory than do those who see physicians of other races. Little research has investigated the communication process in race-concordant and race-discordant medical visits. OBJECTIVES To compare patient-physician communication in race-concordant and race-discordant v...