Each quote is accompanied by a note stating specialty, age, gender and place of activity (FL Flanders, Belgium, NL the Netherlands) of the person quoted.
report that confirms what the American Medical Association has long held: medical liability premiums have "increased dramatically" in some states and specialties -- and increasing awards "appear to be the primary driver".
There are apparently only two states with specialty plates sympathetic to abortion rights.
The same kinds of tensions are playing out on a larger scale in other states, where specialty hospitals focused on cancer or heart care are under construction, stirring concern among community hospitals who fear the loss of lucrative business to hospitals that are not also required to offer charity care.
Virginia is one of at least nine other states offering specialty license plates featuring the Confederate flag, according to the Washington Post.
Quasi-experimental study over 140 months, 5 states, six specialty settings (3 intensive care units (ICU), and one each of medical ICU, surgical ICU, and Long Term Acute Care -LTAC) comparing CLA-BSI rates associated with positive (6,649 catheter-days) or negative (17,810 catheter-days) IV needleless connectors.
Massachusetts, a typical state, has specialty plates for the Red Sox, the Celtics and the Bruins, Cape Cod and its islands, children, fish and wildlife, cancer research, right whales and the "Olympic spirit".
Detractors state that specialty courts take resources away from our normal already overburdened system.
An on-site restaurant specializes in locally sourced food, and a master Bourbon Steward is on hand to teach guests about the state's specialty spirit.
The occurrence of patient requests by state, practice specialty, or practice location (Minneapolis St. Paul and Milwaukee Waukesha metropolitan areas vs. other areas) did not differ significantly.
The sample did not differ more than 3% from data of the National Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians on primary care physicians in Germany in sex, federal state and specialty [ 15].
