Shared Obstetric Call Groups Can Offer High Levels of Satisfaction

American Family Physician,  Feb 15, 1999  

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(26th Annual Meeting of the North American Primary Care Research Group) Results of a survey showed that the use of shared obstetric call groups in family practices allows for a high level of patient satisfaction while offering a viable alternative to physicians who would otherwise not practice obstetrics because of interference with lifestyle and office practice.

The survey was administered to patients of a family practice group in which eight physicians shared obstetric calls with 15 other physicians; each physician in the call group was on obstetric call only one out of every 23 days. A total of 67 women who had delivered in the previous eight months were surveyed. Of the 47 women who completed the survey, 96 percent were assisted at delivery by a physician other than their own. Eighty-eight percent of these women were satisfied with their medical care at delivery, and 96 percent were satisfied with their prenatal care. Nearly 79 percent said that they would choose this group of physicians for obstetric care again. The investigator believes that further studies on this subject are warranted. -- joanna shapiro, University of Toronto, Canada.

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