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Declining Visits to Primary Care Physicians?

Declining Visits to Primary Care Physicians? EDITORIAL HE GREAT VALUE of the National Ambula- According to this report, the rate of visits to physi- tory Medical Care Survey (NAMCS) is re- cians per person per year increased overall from 4.7 to vealed again by Stafford et al in this is- 6.1 between 1980 and 1994. However, despite this sue of the ARCHIVES. These investigators increased level of visitation to physicians, between 1978 T characterized trends in the practice of pri- and 1994, the number of adult visits to PCPs decreased mary care by analyzing more than 136 000 office visits from 236 million to 219 million. The confidence inter- by adults to general internists, general practitioners, and vals overlap, raising the possibility that, in fact, there family physicians reported from 1978 to 1994. The in- was no change. Whether there was a decrease or no vestigators coped with variations in the data collected by change, this estimate is surprising, in part, because of NAMCS during their study period by analyzing some data what is known to have happened to the PCP workforce for shorter periods, based on availability. They relied on during the study interval. Between 1970 and 1994, the the weighting system and standard http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Archives of Family Medicine American Medical Association

Declining Visits to Primary Care Physicians?

Green, Larry A.
Archives of Family Medicine , Volume 8 (1) – Jan 1, 1999
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1063-3987
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EDITORIAL HE GREAT VALUE of the National Ambula- According to this report, the rate of visits to physi- tory Medical Care Survey (NAMCS) is re- cians per person per year increased overall from 4.7 to vealed again by Stafford et al in this is- 6.1 between 1980 and 1994. However, despite this sue of the ARCHIVES. These investigators increased level of visitation to physicians, between 1978 T characterized trends in the practice of pri- and 1994, the number of adult visits to PCPs decreased mary care by analyzing more than 136 000 office visits from 236 million to 219 million. The confidence inter- by adults to general internists, general practitioners, and vals overlap, raising the possibility that, in fact, there family physicians reported from 1978 to 1994. The in- was no change. Whether there was a decrease or no vestigators coped with variations in the data collected by change, this estimate is surprising, in part, because of NAMCS during their study period by analyzing some data what is known to have happened to the PCP workforce for shorter periods, based on availability. They relied on during the study interval. Between 1970 and 1994, the the weighting system and standard

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Archives of Family Medicine – American Medical Association

Published: Jan 1, 1999

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