Annotated Bibliography

Shahadat Rahman

English 21003

Professor Matyakubova

26 October, 2017

Annotated Bibliography

Medicine: The Ultimate Money Scheme

Chang, Lucy. Personal Interview. 17 Oct. 2017

This personal interview inquires about the lives of doctors and how they can be improved. Dr. Lucy Chang, a pediatrician at Bellevue Hospital, discusses her average day and how the solutions to the obstacles in her day. She explains various topics, including balancing work and family as well as the problems doctors face in treating patients. Dr. Chang then explains how these obstacles, both personal and professional, impact patient care. This interview provides subjective insight into the life of a doctor. This can be used to explain the relationship between the obstacles doctors face and their effects on patient care. For example, Dr. Chang explains that she spends about 3 hours after work doing paperwork— work that can easily be outsourced. If she spends about 12 hours at work every day and spends 3 additional hours of paperwork, that leaves only 9 hours to spend on rest and family; this often diminishes mood and patient care. This information can be used in tandem with sources that explain how demeanor affects patient care.

Hoque, Tanjila. Personal Interview. 17 Oct. 2017

Tanjila Hoque is currently an MD student at NYU Langone Medical School. In this interview, she discusses her aspirations as well as why she wants to become a doctor. She also explains what she thinks the average life a doctor looks like and what problems she believes doctors face. Hoque then goes on to argue against the high job dissatisfaction rates among physicians and explains why she believes being a physician is a fulfilling career. This interview will be used in tandem with the interview with Lucy Chang. The two sources will compare the views of a medical student on what the life of a doctor is like and what the actual life of a doctor is like. This information will then be used with the source, “Medical School Applicants, Enrollees Reach New Highs.” The discrepancies between the reality of doctors’ lives and what medical students believe it to be, along with the source “Medical School Applicants, Enrollees Reach New Highs,” will depict how the delusions of medical students are dangerous and how it is important to expose medical students to the pitfalls doctors face — as well as provide solutions to these problems — especially if the number of students attending medical school is increasing.

Mainous, Arch G., et al. “Impact of Insurance and Hospital Ownership on Hospital Length of Stay Among Patients With Ambulatory Care–Sensitive Conditions.” Annals of Family Medicine, American Academy of Family Physicians, Nov. 2011, www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3252189/.

This study investigated the role of a patient’s insurance and how it impacted the length of stay of the patient in the hospital and the risk of mortality, especially in a for-profit environment. The method of investigation included analyzing those who were hospitalized with both ambulatory care and hospitalizations considered to be preventable; the mean length of stay was compared between patients of different forms of insurance. It was found that patients with no insurance had significantly shorter stays and higher mortality rates in both ambulatory and preventable care than their counterparts with insurance. This source provides an objective view and relevant statistical data as to how insurance impacts care. For example, it was found that in ambulatory care the average stay for a patient that had insurance was 5.05 days while the average length of stay for those without insurance was 2.92 days. These results provide concrete proof that those who have insurance receive better care than those who don’t, and it can be used to explain the disparity in care between those with insurance and those without it. It is different from other sources used because it provides statistics on patient care, rather than subjective views on the lives of doctors.

 “Medical School Applicants, Enrollees Reach New Highs.” Association of American Medical Colleges, www.aamc.org/newsroom/newsreleases/446400/applicant-and-enrollment data.html.

This article depicts the number of medical school applicants within the past 5 years. In fact, the number of applicants increased double the percentage from last year, from a 3.1% increase in 2016 to a 6.2% increase in 2017. The number of medical school applicants is also increasing across all minorities as well. By explaining this, the article hopes to incite lawmakers into proving increased federal support for residency training. This source provides an objective view and statistical data on how the number of medical school applicants is steadily increasing. This information can be used to explain the importance of the research done in this paper. If more people are interested in medicine, it is crucial they realize the obstacles doctors face when treating patients. It can also be used to incite funding for medical schools, which will be needed if the increased number of people attending hope to be properly trained.