Payers have experimented with various methods to pay physicians, each method having incentives that could affect physicians' behaviors in different directions.
The study design was based on recruitment of patients by physicians, a method that provides strict controls on sampling and all other aspects of patient selection.
By allowing for uncertainty on the part of physicians, the method described above is more reflective of medical decision making[ 19].
I feel like screaming when I hear people speaking in hushed tones of reverence over the preparation of kale chips as if they were physicians discussing methods of heart surgery.
The physician review method was used to determine causes of death.
In China, pertussis is clinically diagnosed by physicians; laboratory methods such as culture, PCR, and serologic analysis are not used for diagnosis of pertussis.
For the medical community, a wide range of experience along with many clinical influences, such as the type of build, age, and sex distinction, relegates the physician-guided method to a blind technique.
Training physicians in methods for involving their patients in care, especially within culture-specific contexts, would work to encourage a medical interaction based on partnership, which is an essential ingredient of optimal treatment and outcomes.
The use of educational materials, regular interviews, instructions from nurses and physicians about methods of incorporating drug administration into patients daily lives, a real partnership between physician and patient, and patient self management of diabetic treatment, have all been found to improve adherence [ 45].
