Moonlighting policy and practice in family practice residencies

Moonlighting by residents is a controversial, but little-studied topic. A survey on moonlighting policy and practice was sent to all family practice residency program directors, and an 87 percent response rate obtained. Moonlighting is permitted by 97 percent of nonmilitary programs and is generally thought of by program directors as a positive educational experience. It is practiced by over two thirds of the second- and third-year residents in programs that monitor moonlighting. These residents spend an average of 28 hours each month moonlighting. The most commonly used moonlighting sites are hospital emergency rooms, followed by coverage for private practice physicians. Seventy percent of programs require approval for extracurricular work activity. Only 23 percent of residencies limit moonlighting for all residents, but 47 percent have had occasion to deny moonlighting privileges to individual residents.     

深圳市户籍及非户籍居民精神疾病现况调查

目的 了解深圳市户籍及非户籍≥18岁居民各类精神疾病的患病率及分布特点.方法 以世界卫生组织一世界精神健康联盟(WHO-WMH)提供的复合性国际诊断访谈表(CIDI3.1)为访谈工具,采用多阶段分层随机抽样方法对7134名受访人进行面对面调查.结果 (1)深圳市居民各类精神疾病加权终生患病率为21.87%,其中户籍居民为19.99%,非户籍居民为22.34%明显高于户籍居民(OR=1.15,95%CI:1.03～1.29;P<0.05),女性患病率明显高于男性(22.68%vs.19.67%;OR=1.20,95%CI:1.07～1.34;P<0.05);情感障碍、焦虑障碍和精神病性障碍的患病率分别为9.62%、14.45%和1.40%.(2)各类精神疾病加权12个月患病率为13.42%,户籍居民为11.90%,非户籍居民为13.80%明显高于户籍居民(OR=1.19,95%CI:1.03～1.36;P<0.05).(3)精神疾病之间的伴随疾病患病率为35.76%.(4)患病率及病情严重程度与性别、户籍、婚姻状况、文化程度、经济状况和职业等因素有关.结论 精神疾病已经成为深圳市的常见病,非户籍居民及女性的精神健康问题尤应引起关注.     

The demand for residents

This paper develops an empirical model of the demand for medical residents. Not-for-profit teaching hospitals are viewed as firms facing shadow prices that differ from market prices, and the impacts of variations in stipends in the quality of training, in the cost of teaching, and in hospitals' objectives on the shadow cost of hiring residents are made explicit. Empirical results from three data sets are shown to be consistent with a simple derived demand model, and the indirect effects of increased competition and cost control initiatives on the demand for residents are assessed.     

杭州市余杭区居民甲状腺结节异常情况调查

目的：了解余杭区居民人群中甲状腺结节的异常率及结节特征。方法：采用分层整群随机抽样方法确定调查对象,对1 105名常住居民进行甲状腺高分辨率超声检查、问卷调查,对检出甲状腺结节患者采血,进行甲状腺功能七项的检测。结果：甲状腺结节检出率为27.42%,女性检出率明显高于男性,结节检出率随年龄增长呈增加趋势。甲状腺结节以直径不到1cm的小结节为主,检出结节的人群中甲状腺功能指标异常率为28.71%。结论：甲状腺结节在人群中检出率较高,以单发的小结节为主,女性高于男性,结节患病率随年龄增长而增加。检出结节的人群中甲状腺功能指标异常率为28.71%。