Practice settings and prescribing profiles

The simulation of tension headaches to general practitioners working in different practice settings in the Montreal area

Datos Bibliográficos

ID11017481
AutoresM Renaud (0000-0002-2203-4880), Marie-Pierre Renaud, Jean Beauchemin, C Lalonde, H Poirier, Sergine Berthiaume
Año1980
Volumen70
Número10
Páginas1068-1073
Fecha de publicación1980-10-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaAmerican Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048
EditorialAmerican Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2105/ajph.70.10.1068
PMID6106399
OpenAlexW2111418093
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas8
Referencias citadas7

The purpose of this study was to determine whether physicians practicing in one type of setting manage a medical problem differently than those practicing in another type of setting. The investigation took the form of presenting physicians with a simulated case of tension headache with a history going back three years, for which diazepam had been taken daily for the past year. Four simulated patients (aged 20-23) visited a stratified random sample of 111 general practitioners practicing in health centers funded by government (CLSCs) and in private group practice clinics in the Montreal area. Fifty-one per cent of group practice physicians recommended therapy rated as "inadequate" compared to 25 per cent in CLSCs; in addition, the data show significant differences between CLSC and group practice physicians in performing various aspects of the clinical examination. Alternative explanations for the observed differences are discussed

Clinical Practice · Family medicine · General practice · Government (linguistics) · Headaches · Medical practice · Private practice · Psychiatry · Stratified sampling · Health, Medicine and Society · Medicine · Nursing Roles and Practices · Patient Satisfaction in Healthcare