Article: New study shows critical role for primary care specialists.

2004 SEP 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Americans made an estimated 890 million doctor visits in 2002, and a majority of those visits were to primary care specialists, according to the latest annual report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey, which looks at the medical care provided in physicians' offices.

Primary care specialists (such as general practitioners, family physicians, internists, pediatricians, obstetricians and gynecologists) play important roles in the healthcare system: serving as personal care physicians, providing preventive and diagnostic services, counseling and educating ...

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