PMID- 15774406
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20050412
LR  - 20080512
IS  - 1055-0887 (Print)
IS  - 1055-0887 (Linking)
VI  - 24
IP  - 1
DP  - 2005
TI  - Outcome study of substance impaired physicians and physician assistants under 
      contract with North Carolina Physicians Health Program for the period 1995-2000.
PG  - 1-12
AB  - The objective of this 6-year retroactive chart review is to compare outcome 
      between chemically dependent physicians and physician assistants under contract 
      with the North Carolina Physicians Health Program (NCPHP). Of 233 physicians 91% 
      had a good outcome, compared to only 59% of 34 physician assistants in this 
      sample (significant by Chi Square method, 99.99% confidence). Fifteen percent of 
      physicians and 37 percent of physician assistants were female with basically the 
      same outcome. Alcohol, followed by opioids, was the predominant substance used by 
      both groups. Most subjects in both groups were between the ages of 30 and 55 with 
      best outcome between the ages of 25-29 and the worst in those over 55. With 
      paucity of data on physician assistants in the literature, the present study may 
      be one of the first to single out this group and compare their recovery rates 
      with those of physicians while receiving similar NCPHP services.
FAU - Ganley, Oswald H
AU  - Ganley OH
AD  - The Healing PLace of Wake County, Raleigh, NC, USA.
FAU - Pendergast, Warren J
AU  - Pendergast WJ
FAU - Wilkerson, Michael W
AU  - Wilkerson MW
FAU - Mattingly, Daniel E
AU  - Mattingly DE
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - England
TA  - J Addict Dis
JT  - Journal of addictive diseases
JID - 9107051
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - Age Factors
MH  - Aged
MH  - Contract Services
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - North Carolina
MH  - *Physician Assistants
MH  - *Physicians
MH  - Retrospective Studies
MH  - State Government
MH  - Substance-Related Disorders/*therapy
MH  - Treatment Outcome
EDAT- 2005/03/19 09:00
MHDA- 2005/04/13 09:00
CRDT- 2005/03/19 09:00
PHST- 2005/03/19 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2005/04/13 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2005/03/19 09:00 [entrez]
AID - 10.1300/J069v24n01_01 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Addict Dis. 2005;24(1):1-12. doi: 10.1300/J069v24n01_01.