Articles: workload-statistics-numerical-data.
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Comparative Study
Practice size: impact on consultation length, workload, and patient assessment of care.
Variations in practice list size are known to be associated with changes in a number of markers of primary care. Few studies have addressed the issue of how single-handed and smaller practices compare with larger group practices and what might be the optimal size of a general practice. ⋯ Defining the optimal size of practice is a complex decision in which the views of doctors, patients, and health service managers may be at variance. Some markers of practice performance are related to the total number of patients cared for, but the practice size corrected for the number of available doctors gives a different perspective on the issue. An oversimplistic approach that fails to account for the views of patients as well as health professionals is likely to be disadvantageous to service planning.
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To analyse all clinical presentations to the crowd doctors at Scotland's largest football stadium over the course of one complete season. ⋯ The workload of the crowd doctors was very variable and diverse. The social problem of excessive alcohol consumption contributed considerably to the workload. The provision of medical facilities at football grounds means that attendance there is now one of the least adverse circumstances in which to have a cardiac arrest. The study confirmed previous impressions that more casualties are seen at high profile matches.
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The purpose of this project was to understand better the academic radiologist's clinical workload in order to determine faculty staffing requirements more accurately. ⋯ The SCARD survey provided very useful clinical workload data, measured in work RVUs per FTE for specific subspecialty sections. At practically all surveyed institutions, increasing clinical workload is competing with academic activities.
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Obstetrics and gynecology · Jun 2001
Long hours and little sleep: work schedules of residents in obstetrics and gynecology.
To investigate residents' work schedules and their attitudes toward limiting their hours. ⋯ Residents in obstetrics and gynecology report working long hours, and experiencing periods of little sleep. Most want their work hours to be limited. Fatigue is a major concern among residents that want their hours limited. A sizable minority worries that such limits might also limit their experience.
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The 1999 American College of Surgeons resources for optimal care document added the requirement that Level I trauma centers admit over 240 patients with Injury Severity Score (ISS) > 15 per year or that trauma surgeons care for at least 35 patients per year. The purpose of this study was to test the hypothesis that high volume of patients with ISS > 15 per individual trauma surgeon is associated with improved outcome. ⋯ The significant independent predictors of survival in severely injured trauma patients are Ps, GCS score, age, mechanism of injury, and institutional volume. We found no statistically meaningful contribution to the prediction of survival on the basis of per-surgeon patient volume. Since this volume criterion for surgeon enpanelment and trauma center designation would not be expected to improve outcome, such a requirement should be justified by other measures or abandoned.