title: The impaired physician, Part II: Missouri State Physicians Health Program.
abstract: Missouri Physicians Health Program (MPHP) was established to help impaired physicians return to healthy personal and professional lives. One percent of Missouri physicians will suffer some sort of impairment; ie: substance abuse, or dependency of drugs or alcohol within a year. This is a confidential voluntary program. This program of early referral, intervention, treatment and monitoring advocacy has been highly successful. The average recovery rate in this study of 75 participants was 92%.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences Washington University School of Medicine/Barnes Hospital, St. Louis, Missouri.
authors.forename: G M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Bohigian
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Croughan
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sanders
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008923:Missouri; D010815:Physician Impairment / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012955:Societies, Medical