Family Physicians Contribute Significantly to Emergency Care of Medicare Patients in Urban and Suburban Areas.
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Rural populations rely on physicians trained in primary care to provide emergency services. Less is known about primary care’s contribution to emergency services in urban and suburban settings. Two-thirds of family medicine and three-fourths of general internal medicine Medicare claims for emergency care are generated in urban settings, demonstrating primary care’s significant contribution to the emergency workforce in the most populated areas.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- American family physician
دوره 92 6 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2015