The Impact of Physician Productivity Models on Access to Subspecialty Care: A White Paper From the Society for the Study of Male Reproduction and the Society for Male Reproduction and Urology

James M Dupree; R Matthew Coward; Tung-Chin Hsieh; Cigdem Tanrikut; Paul Shin; Akanksha Mehta; James M Hotaling; Alexander W Pastuszak; Daniel Williams; Joseph Alukal; Larry I Lipshultz; Peter Schlegel; Thomas J Walsh; Michael L Eisenberg; David Shin; Stan Honig; Harris M Nagler; Mary Samplaski; Ajay K Nangia; Jay Sandlow; James F Smith; Society for the Study of Male Reproduction (SSMR) and Society for Male Reproduction and Urology (SMRU)

doi:10.1016/j.urology.2021.01.016

The Impact of Physician Productivity Models on Access to Subspecialty Care: A White Paper From the Society for the Study of Male Reproduction and the Society for Male Reproduction and Urology

Urology. 2021 Jul:153:28-34. doi: 10.1016/j.urology.2021.01.016. Epub 2021 Jan 20.

Authors

James M Dupree¹, R Matthew Coward², Tung-Chin Hsieh³, Cigdem Tanrikut⁴, Paul Shin⁵, Akanksha Mehta⁶, James M Hotaling⁷, Alexander W Pastuszak⁷, Daniel Williams⁸, Joseph Alukal⁹, Larry I Lipshultz¹⁰, Peter Schlegel¹¹, Thomas J Walsh¹², Michael L Eisenberg¹³, David Shin¹⁴, Stan Honig¹⁵, Harris M Nagler¹⁶, Mary Samplaski¹⁷, Ajay K Nangia¹⁸, Jay Sandlow¹⁹, James F Smith²⁰; Society for the Study of Male Reproduction (SSMR) and Society for Male Reproduction and Urology (SMRU)

Affiliations

¹ Department of Urology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI. Electronic address: jim.dupree@gmail.com.
² Department of Urology, UNC School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC and UNC Fertility LLC, Raleigh NC.
³ Department of Urology, UC San Diego Health, San Diego, CA.
⁴ Department of Urology, Shady Grove Fertility, Baltimore, MD.
⁵ Department of Urology, Shady Grove Fertility, Washington, DC.
⁶ Department of Urology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA.
⁷ Department of Surgery, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT.
⁸ Department of Urology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI.
⁹ Department of Urology, Columbia University, New York, NY.
¹⁰ Department of Urology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX.
¹¹ Department of Urology, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY.
¹² Department of Urology, Men's Health Center at University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, WA.
¹³ Department of Urology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA.
¹⁴ Department of Urology, Hackensack Meridan School of Medicine, Nutley, NJ.
¹⁵ Department of Urology, Yale Urology, New Haven, CT.
¹⁶ Department of Urology, Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, Hempstead, NY.
¹⁷ University of Southern California, Institute of Urology, Los Angeles, CA.
¹⁸ Department of Urology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS.
¹⁹ Department of Urology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI.
²⁰ Department of Urology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA.

PMID: 33484822
DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2021.01.016

Abstract

Male infertility is a common disease. Male infertility is also a core competency of urology training and clinical practice. In this white paper from the Society for the Study of Male Reproduction and the Society for Male Reproduction and Urology, we identify and define different physician productivity plans. We then describe the advantages and disadvantages of various physician productivity measurement systems for male infertility practices. We close with recommendations for measuring productivity that we hope urologists and administrators can use when creating productivity plans for male infertility practices.

Publication types

Guideline
Review

MeSH terms

Efficiency*
Humans
Infertility, Male / therapy*
Male
Men's Health*
Models, Statistical*
Reproductive Health*
Urology / statistics & numerical data*