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Career mothers and perfectionism: stress at work and at home by Mitchelson, Jacqueline K., Burns, Lawrence R.

“…We studied the relationship between perfectionism and career mothers' dual roles of worker and mother and perfectionism's association with subjective…”
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Xanthomonas maltophilia infection presenting as erythematous nodules by Burns, Robert L., Lowe, Lori

“…Xanthomonas ( Pseudomonas ) maltophilia is increasingly being recognized as an opportunistic pathogen in hospitalized and debilitated patients. We describe X…”
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Physician-System Alignment: Introductory Overview by Shortell, Stephen M., Alexander, Jeffery A., Budetti, Peter P., Burns, Lawton R., Gillies, Robin R., Waters, Teresa M., Zuckerman, Howard S.

“…The papers in this Special Supplement are based on research funded by the participating members of the joint Center for Health Management Research (CHMR) and…”
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The effect of physician practice organization on efficient utilization of hospital resources by BURNS, L.R, CHILINGERIAN, J.A, WHOLEY, D.R

“…This study examines variations in the efficient use of hospital resources across individual physicians. The study is conducted over a two-year period…”
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Implementing Evidence-Based Medicine: The Role of Market Pressures, Compensation Incentives, and Culture in Physician Organizations by Shortell, Stephen M., Zazzali, James L., Burns, Lawton R., Alexander, Jeffery A., Gillies, Robin R., Budetti, Peter P., Waters, Teresa M., Zuckerman, Howard S.

“…Objectives. To assess the extent to which market pressures, compensation incentives, and physician medical group culture are associated with the use of…”
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Adoption and Abandonment of Matrix Management Programs: Effects of Organizational Characteristics and Interorganizational Networks by Burns, Lawton R., Wholey, Douglas R.

“…Organizational design theorists argue that organizations adopt matrix (departmentalized) structures for technical reasons, to solve problems of internal…”
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The impact of physician characteristics in conditional choice models for hospital care by Burns, L R, Wholey, D R

“…Recent research has investigated the determinants of the specific hospitals to which patients are admitted. Data limitations have led researchers to examine…”
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Matrix Management in Hospitals: Testing Theories of Matrix Structure and Development by Burns, Lawton R.

“…A study of 315 hospitals with matrix management programs was used to test several hypotheses concerning matrix management advanced by earlier theorists. The…”
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The fall of the house of AHERF: the Allegheny bankruptcy by Burns, L R, Cacciamani, J, Clement, J, Aquino, W

“…The $1.3 billion bankruptcy of the Allegheny Health, Education, and Research Foundation (AHERF) in July 1998 was the nation's largest nonprofit health care…”
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Malar Fat Pad Elevation: An Aid to Closure by Huilgol, Shyamala C., Facd, Carruthers, Alastair, Burns, Robert L., Selva, Dinesh N.

“…Background. In closure of defects inferior to the eye, it is important to avoid inducing lower lid ectropion. Objective. To describe a new technique for…”
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Installation of ion implantation beam line for 3 MV Tandem Pelletron by Poudel, P.R., Mitchell, L.J., Smith, E.B., Phinney, L.C., Hossain, K., Burns, L.R., Weathers, D.L., Duggan, J.L., McDaniel, F.D.

“…An MeV energy beam line for ion implantation of carbon and silicon to fashion optically-active nanocrystals has been constructed at the Ion Beam Modification…”
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The future of physician-health system integration by Holm, C E, Burns, L R

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Factors affecting physician loyalty and exit: a longitudinal analysis of physician-hospital relationships by Burns, L R, Wholey, D R

“…This article examines forces that influence physicians to change the percentage of their admissions to a hospital (loyalty) and to cease admitting patients to…”
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Convenience and Independence: Do Physicians Strike a Balance in Admitting Decisions? by Wholey, Douglas R., Burns, Lawton R.

“…This paper contrasts economic and professional models of physician admitting behavior. Economic models emphasize physician convenience and income maximization,…”
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Does reengineering really work? An examination of the context and outcomes of hospital reengineering initiatives by Walston, S L, Burns, L R, Kimberly, J R

“…To examine the effect of reengineering on the competitive position of hospitals. Although many promises have been made regarding outcomes of process…”
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Measuring community benefits provided by for-profit and nonprofit hospitals by Nicholson, S, Pauly, M V, Burns, L R, Baumritter, A, Asch, D A

“…Nonprofit hospitals are expected to provide benefits to their community in return for being exempt from most taxes. In this paper we develop a new method of…”
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The effect of hospital control strategies on physician satisfaction and physician-hospital conflict by Burns, L R, Andersen, R M, Shortell, S M

“…This article examines several strategies that hospitals use to control their medical staffs. Such strategies include placing physicians on salary, developing…”
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The assessment of dispositional vigilance and cognitive avoidance : Factorial structure, psychometric properties, and validity of the Mainz Coping Inventory by KROHNE, H. W, EGLOFF, B, VARNER, L. J, BURNS, L. R, WEIDNER, G, ELLIS, H. C

“…This article reports the construction and empirical evaluation of the English adaptation of the Mainz Coping Inventory (MCI). The MCI, which is based on the…”
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The Effects of Patient, Hospital, and Physician Characteristics on Length of Stay and Mortality by Burns, Lawton R., Wholey, Douglas R.

“…This article compares the ability of hospital and physician characteristics to explain variations in length of stay and mortality, controlling for factors…”
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Glycolic acid peels for postinflammatory hyperpigmentation in black patients. A comparative study by Burns, R L, Prevost-Blank, P L, Lawry, M A, Lawry, T B, Faria, D T, Fivenson, D P

“…Treatment of postinflammatory hyperpigmentation in patients of Fitzpatrick skin types IV, V, and VI is difficult. Glycolic acid peels are useful for pigment…”
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