Who is a generalist? An analysis of whether physicians trained as generalists practice as generalists

Evaluation and the Health Professions

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 497-502

  Rabinowitz, Howard K ^a   Hojat, Mohammadreza ^b   Veloski, J Jon ^b   Rattner, Susan L ^b   Robeson, Mary R ^b   Xu, Gang ^b   Appel, Marilyn H ^b   Cochran, Carol ^b   Jones, Robert L ^b   Kanter, Steven L ^b  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUTUROLOGY; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE MANPOWER; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; PREDICTION; REVIEW; SELF REPORT; UNITED STATES;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CAREER CHOICE; FAMILY PRACTICE; HUMANS; JOB DESCRIPTION; PENNSYLVANIA; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0032728311     PISSN: 01632787     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/01632789922034437     Document Type: Review

References (7)

1. Cohen, J. J., & Whitcomb, M. E. (1997). Are the recommendations of the AAMC's task force on the generalist physician still valid? Academic Medicine, 72, 13-16.
2. Council on Graduate Medical Education. (1992). Third report. Improving access to health care through physician workforce reform: Directions for the 21st century. Rockville, MD: Department of Health and Human Services.
3. Grumbach, K., Becker, S. H., Osborn, E. H., & Bindman, A. B. (1995). The challenge of defining and counting generalist physicians: An analysis of physician masterfile data. American Journal of Public Health, 85, 1402-1407.
4. Hojat, M., Gonnella, J. S., Erdmann, J. B., Veloski, J. J., & Xu, G. (1995). Primary care and non-primary care physicians: A longitudinal study of their similarities, differences, and correlates before, during, and after medical school. Academic Medicine, 70, S17-S28.
5. Miller, R. S., Jonas, H. S., & Whitcomb, M. E. (1996). The initial employment status of physicians completing training in 1994. Journal of the American Medical Association, 75, 708-712.
6. Moore, F. D., & Priebe, C. (1991). Board-certified physicians in the United States, 1971-1986. New England Journal of Medicine, 324, 536-543.
7. Simon, C. J., White, W. D., Gamliel, S., & Kletke, P. R. (1997). The provision of primary care: Does managed care make a difference? Health Affairs, 16, 89-98.