Health services research
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Health services research · Feb 1995
Comparative StudyDetermining VA physician requirements through empirically based models.
As part of a project to estimate physician requirements for the Department of Veterans Affairs, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) developed and tested empirically based models of physician staffing, by specialty, that could be applied to each VA facility. ⋯ Empirically based models can play an important role in determining VA physician staffing requirements. VA should test, evaluate, and revise these models on an ongoing basis.
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Health services research · Feb 1995
Comparative StudyPredictors of young physicians practicing specialties without prior graduate medical education.
This study identifies predictors of young physicians practicing specialties for which they did not report having graduate medical education. ⋯ Practicing specialties without prior graduate medical education in those specialties was related to sociodemographic characteristics and type of specialty training, but a fuller understanding of the circumstances affecting physician specialty changes will require querying physicians directly about their practice choices.