2003 American Urological Association Gallup survey: physician practice patterns, cryosurgery/brachytherapy, male infertility, female urology and insurance/professional liability.
OBJECTIVE
The Health Policy Survey and Research Committee of the American Urological Association and the Gallup Organization have performed 10 surveys of American urologists since 1992 for the purpose of assessing demographics and practice patterns. The results of the 2003 survey are presented.


METHODS
A random sample of 510 urologists who have completed urological residencies was interviewed by telephone in February 2003. Major content areas were physician practice patterns, cryosurgery/brachytherapy, male infertility, female urology and insurance/ professional liability.


RESULTS
Urologists are older, staying in practice longer and planning to retire later than ever before. Urologists are also seeing more patients in the office every year. Most urologists treat male infertility and female voiding dysfunction.


CONCLUSIONS
American urologists are older, working harder and planning on continuing to do so for longer than in any year sampled in the last decade.
O'leary
Michael P
MP
Health Policy Survey and Research Committee, American Urological Association, Linthicum, Maryland, USA.
Baum
Neil H
NH
Bohnert
William W
WW
Blizzard
Richard
R
Bonney
William W
WW
Cooper
Thomas P
TP
Dineen
Martin K
MK
Gee
William F
WF
Gormley
E Ann
EA
Ignatoff
Jeffrey M
JM
Nachtsheim
Daniel A
DA
Painter
M Ray
MR
Thomas
Raju
R
Wei
John T
JT
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001918:Brachytherapy; D003452:Cryosurgery; D005260:Female; D019538:Health Care Surveys; D006801:Humans; D007248:Infertility, Male / Q000628:therapy; D007357:Insurance, Physician Services; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D016365:Liability, Legal; D008297:Male; D006278:Medicare; D008875:Middle Aged; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians' / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014481:United States; D014555:Urination Disorders / Q000628:therapy; D014572:Urology / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D000078329:Workforce