Financial characteristics and satisfaction of physicians practicing in Lebanon: a survey study.

Objective: The objective of this study was to evaluate the financial characteristics and level of satisfaction of physicians practicing in Lebanon.

Methods: We conducted an anonymous, interviewer-administered phone survey of physicians practicing medicine in Lebanon. We conducted both descriptive and regression analyses.

Characteristics of physicians practising in Lebanon: a survey.

The last survey of the characteristics of the Lebanese physician workforce, in 1998, raised concerns about the oversupply of physicians and gaps in capacity building. This telephone survey in 2007 of a stratified random sample of physicians describes the demographic, educational and practice characteristics of 546 physicians practising in Lebanon. A majority of the physicians had graduated from an eastern European or a Lebanese medical school, in the1980s or 1990s, and had postgraduate training in a non-primary care specialty, in a western or eastern European country.

Did the post war repatriation of Lebanese physicians drive recent Lebanese medical graduates to emigrate? An observational study.

Background: A significant number of Lebanese medical graduates have emigrated from Lebanon. The objective of this study was to evaluate the hypothesis that the repatriation of Lebanese physicians educated abroad has contributed to the international emigration of recent Lebanese medical graduates.

Methods: We analyzed the demographic and educational characteristics and the year of registration of physicians registered with the two physician associations in Lebanon as of 2007.

Factors influencing the choice of specialty among medical students in Lebanon.

Statement Of The Problem: We focus on graduating students from two medical schools in Lebanon to identify the proportions who select primary care careers, to highlight factors that are considered when making a career choice, and to compare these among primary care (PC) and non-primary care (NPC) candidates.

Methods: Anonymous self-administered questionnaire was used to assess student demographics, chosen career, and perceived level of importance concerning 27 career influencing factors using a 5-point Likert scale.

Results: 127 (97%) students responded.

Overweight children in Beirut: prevalence estimates and characteristics.

Objective: To estimate, for the first time, overweight prevalence and associated characteristics in a representative sample of prepubertal children in Beirut, Lebanon's capital.

Design: A cross-sectional study with a home interview including measurements of weight and height and a structured questionnaire.

Subjects: A total of 234 children aged 6-8 years in Beirut: 131 boys, 103 girls.