2024
Workplace support for physicians during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Did it affect burnout?
Melnikow J, Xing G, Miller M, Loureiro S, Padovani A, Whitney R, Kravitz R. Workplace support for physicians during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Did it affect burnout? BMC Health Services Research 2024, 24: 888. PMID: 39097691, PMCID: PMC11298071, DOI: 10.1186/s12913-024-11366-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsWorkplace support interventionsWorkplace supportPhysician burnoutSupport interventionsWorkplace interventionsCare physiciansAssociation of physician characteristicsSystem-level interventionsAssociated with lower oddsPrimary care physiciansEmergency medicine physiciansStress reduction programPractice critical careCritical care physiciansOpen-ended responsesClinician staffingIncrease nursesCOVID-19 pandemicStratified random sampleInadequate staffingPhysician characteristicsPhysician respondentsStaffing shortagesImprove staffingAcuity of patients
2001
Vaginal birth after cesarean in California.
Melnikow J, Romano P, Gilbert W, Schembri M, Keyzer J, Kravitz R. Vaginal birth after cesarean in California. Obstetrics And Gynecology 2001, 98: 421-6. PMID: 11530123, DOI: 10.1016/s0029-7844(01)01448-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTrial of laborCesarean rateVaginal birthNonfederal acute-care hospitalsCalifornia hospitalsReviewed medical records of womenCesarean delivery rateElective repeat cesareanAcute-care hospitalsInformed patient choiceMedical records of womenElective cesarean deliveryRecords of womenGroup of hospitalsLogistic regression modelsRepeat cesareanMethod of deliveryCesarean deliveryReviewed medical recordsPatient choiceCesareanHospitalDelivery rateRegression modelsStratified sampling