MD, MPH, an internal medicine specialist at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. Yet at the same time, physicians “feel frustrated that they do not have the resources and the information and the time to deal with this.” ...
It was also shown that a greater supply of family physicians is associated with lower total costs of health services [13]. Starfield et al. [13] concluded that access was a core dimension of a strong primary care system Continuity of primary care The continuity of care dimension can be ...
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which may lead to increases in primary care consultations and the frequency or length of hospitalisation.41 Depressive symptoms are also an independent prognostic factor for all-cause mortality in stable COPD.44 Primary care physicians may use additional help in the management of these symptoms, but...
In primary care, nurse practitioners and physician assistants do not necessarily order more ancillary services, or more costly services among alternatives, than physicians.
policymakers assumed that primary care and its workforce could be defined by the numbers of practicing physicians with generalist training (e.g., family medicine physicians, general internists, pediatricians and, in past decades, “general practitioners”), but changing roles now challenge this ...
Nurse practitioners (NPs) provide many different types of healthcare services to older adults in a variety of settings. Depending on the state, nurse practitioners may work independently, but most often collaborate as a member of the interprofessional team. Studies of NP practice have consistently ...
Patients Report Better Satisfaction with Part-Time Primary Care Physicians, Despite Less Continuity of Care and Access Laura Panattoni, PhD, Ashley Stone, MPH, Sukyung Chung, PhD, and Ming Tai-Seale, PhD, MPH Palo Alto Medical Foundation Research Institute, Mountain View, CA, USA. BACKGROUND:...
It was also shown that a greater supply of family physicians is associated with lower total costs of health services [13]. Starfield et al. [13] concluded that access was a core dimension of a strong primary care system Continuity of primary care The continuity of care dimension can be ...