title: [Clinics adjacent to private pharmacies in Mexico: infrastructure and characteristics of the physicians and their remuneration].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To analyze and compare the physicians' characteristics, their remuneration, the compliance with regulation and the services offered between clinics adjacent to pharmacies (CAF) and independent medical clinics (CMI).
  
  
  METHODS
  Questionnaire applied to 239 physicians in 18 states including the Federal District, in Mexico in 2012.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Physicians in CAF had less professional experience (5 versus 12 years), less postgraduate studies (61.2 versus 81.8%) and lower average monthly salaries (USD 418 versus USD 672) than their peers in CMI. In CAF there was less compliance in relation to medical record keeping and prescribing.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The employment situation of physicians in CAF is more precarious than in CMI. It is necessary to strengthen the enforcement of existing regulations and develop policies according to the monitoring of its performance, particularly, but not exclusively, in CAF.
authors.affiliation: Centro de Investigación en Sistemas de Salud, Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, Cuernavaca, Morelos, México.
authors.forename: Sandra P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Díaz-Portillo
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Salud Pública, Escuela de Medicina, Universidad Industrial de Santander, Bucaramanga, Santander, Colombia.
authors.forename: Álvaro J
authors.initials: ÁJ
authors.lastname: Idrovo
authors.affiliation: Centro de Investigación en Sistemas de Salud, Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, Cuernavaca, Morelos, México.
authors.forename: Anahí
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dreser
authors.affiliation: Instituto Nacional de Educación Médica Continua, México, DF, México.
authors.forename: Federico R
authors.initials: FR
authors.lastname: Bonilla
authors.affiliation: Instituto Nacional de Educación Médica Continua, México, DF, México.
authors.forename: Bonifacia
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Matías-Juan
authors.affiliation: Department of Global Health, School of Public Health, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, Estados Unidos de América.
authors.forename: Veronika J
authors.initials: VJ
authors.lastname: Wirtz
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000554:Ambulatory Care Facilities / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration; D032982:Contracts; D003953:Diagnosis-Related Groups; D004503:Education, Medical, Graduate; D004522:Educational Status; D004651:Employment; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007374:Interior Design and Furnishings; D008007:Licensure, Medical; D008297:Male; D008800:Mexico; D008875:Middle Aged; D010594:Pharmacies; D010820:Physicians / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011331:Private Practice / Q000191:economics*; D060926:Remuneration; D012456:Salaries and Fringe Benefits; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires