کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
4304210 1288499 2008 6 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Surgical Work Output: Is There Room for Increase? An Analysis of Surgical Work Effort from 1999 to 2003
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم پزشکی و سلامت پزشکی و دندانپزشکی عمل جراحی
پیش نمایش صفحه اول مقاله
Surgical Work Output: Is There Room for Increase? An Analysis of Surgical Work Effort from 1999 to 2003
چکیده انگلیسی

ObjectiveTo analyze physician work production over a 5-year period to discover trends in productivity.Summary background dataSurgical workforce calculations over the past 25 years have projected major oversupply as well as looming shortages. Recent studies indicate that demand for surgical services will increase over the next two decades as the population ages and develops age related chronic diseases. This study examines actual physician productivity to determine whether there is capacity for increased work output in response to projected increases in demand.MethodsPhysician productivity data as measured by relative value units were obtained from the Medical Group Management Association Physician Compensation Reports for a 5-year period. Surgeons were compared with nonsurgeons and across subspecialties.ResultsSurgeon and nonsurgeon productivity in terms of relative value units remained relatively stable over the study period; surgical:nonsurgical productivity per provider was 1.30–1.46:1.ConclusionsSurgeons produce a significant amount of the total work in multi-specialty medical groups. These results may indicate that the surgical and general surgical workforce has reached a plateau with respect to clinical productivity. Predicted increases in demand for procedure-based work to care for the aging population are likely to be difficult to meet with the available workforce.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Journal of Surgical Research - Volume 146, Issue 1, 1 May 2008, Pages 90–95
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