Objective: To analyse factors affecting physicians' choice to work in either the public or the private sector. Method: We undertook a longitudinal data analysis in the years 1988, 1993, 1998 and 2003 (n = 12_909) using a multilevel modelling technique. Factors related to economic factors,...

The aim of the study was to investigate the social background of physicians, the reasons that influenced doctors to enter medicine, and the association between those reasons and satisfaction in career choice of young Finnish doctors. An extensive postal questionnaire was mailed to a random...

Though there are a number of studies investigating the career choices of physicians, there are only few concerning doctors’ choices of workplace. A random sample (N=7758) of physicians licensed in Finland during the years 1977–2006 was surveyed. Respondents were asked: “To what extent did...

The aim of this study was to elucidate the personal values of physicians. It was part of the Physician 93 Study, the purpose of which was to shed light on the life situation, career and future plans of young doctors and their views on medical education. The survey population included all the...

Objectives To evaluate the effects of integrated home care and discharge practice (IHCaD-practice) on the use of services and cost-effectiveness.Methods A cluster randomised trial with Finnish municipalities (n = 22) as the units of randomisation. At baseline the sample included 668 home...

The aim of this prospective study was to investigate factors predicting choice of treatment for excessive menstrual bleeding, with special emphasis on women's pre-treatment preference. A cohort of women with heavy menstruation and their treatment process in gynaecology outpatient clinics were...

In this paper, we propose a method for the analysis of growth curve models when also the regressor variable may be measured with errors. Two classes of structure for errors in regressors are discussed. For complete and balanced data, estimators for the model parameters are derived under the...