To determine the cause of illnesses experienced by employees of a Minneapolis manufacturing plant after drinking hot chocolate bought from a vending machine and to explore the prevalence of similar vending machine-related illnesses.|The authors inspe...

To estimate the need for downsizing the physician workforce in a changing health care environment.|First assuming that 1993 physician-to-population ratios would be maintained, the authors derived downsizing estimates by determining the annual growth ...

To examine the impact of managed care on the employment and compensation of primary care and specialty physicians, as measured by changes in income, physician-to-population ratios, and specialty choices.|The authors used data from the American Medica...

To conduct a survey of health care providers to determine the quality of service provided by the staff of a regulatory agency; to collect information on provider needs and expectations; to identify perceived and potential problems that need improveme...