Few people in the United States can identify primary care physicians.
Publication/Presentation Date
5-15-2004
Abstract
Almost one decade after the Institute of Medicine (IOM) defined primary care, only one third of the American public is able to identify any of the medical specialties that provide it, and only 17 percent were able to accurately distinguish primary care physicians from medical or surgical specialists and non-physicians. This lack of discrimination compromises the goal of achieving primary care for all and merits immediate attention.
Volume
69
Issue
10
First Page
2312
Last Page
2312
ISSN
0002-838X
Published In/Presented At
Stock Keister, M. C., Green, L. A., Kahn, N. B., Phillips, R. L., McCann, J., & Fryer, G. E. (2004). Few people in the United States can identify primary care physicians. American family physician, 69(10), 2312.
Disciplines
Medicine and Health Sciences
PubMedID
15168952
Department(s)
Department of Family Medicine
Document Type
Article
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