How many new patients can primary care physicians expect from the ACA?The strain on primary care physicians will likely worsen as the new patients enrolled in Affordable Care Act health insurance plans arrive.Donna MarburyMedical economics
" Rida said. "Now there are thousands of DPC clinics, and we're growing rapidly because patients are becoming aware that there is an alternative that can provide them with better care, and physicians are becoming aware that this actually is a way out."...
byAmerican Academy of Family Physicians Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain As those in health care increasingly consider patient-centered medical homes an improvement for health care, two professors from the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Drs. James W. Mold and F. Daniel Duffy, argu...
Patients’ ideas, concerns, and expectations are three important concepts in consultation techniques. Limited studies on these concepts include responses from both health care providers and care recipients of the same consultation. Highlighting both pers
The demand for primary care physicians in the United States continues to grow faster than the supply. According to some estimates, by the year 2025, there could be ashortage of up to 35,000 primary care doctors. By 2030, the shortfall could total anywhere from 40,800 to 104,900 doctors,...
Fewer than one third of physicians would pray with patients even if they were dying. This number increased to 77.1% if a patient requested physician prayer. Family practitioners were more likely to take a spiritual history than general internists. Conclusions Most primary care physicians surveyed ...
Primary care physicians (PCP) play a key role in vaccination by giving vaccine counselling to their patients. The aim of this systematic review is to identify the knowledge, beliefs, attitudes and barriers (KBAB) associated with own vaccination and patient recommendation in primary care physicians....
How often does the provider refer patients to specialists or order tests? Does the provider view your relationship as a partnership? How to Change Primary Care Physicians If you're leaving your current PCP on good terms, you can simply ask them for a referral. If you're moving to a new ...
Professionalism: The Formation of Physicians The American Journal of Bioethics 4.2 (2004) 11-12 Many people are unhappy with the healthcare system. Patients are concerned about their safety and wheth... DC Leach - 《American Journal of Bioethics Ajob》 被引量: 84发表: 2004年 Our Physicians ...
OBJECTIVES The study examined attitudes of primary care patients toward mental health treatment and whether ambivalent or negative attitudes change after patients receive recommendations from their primary care physicians to seek treatment from a mental health professional. METHODS Data were collected in face...