Chronic Illness and Patient Satisfaction
December 1, 2012 | Journal Article
Providers who treat patients with chronic conditions can achieve high patient satisfaction.
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How Can We Expand the Primary Care Workforce?
January 1, 2012 | Issue Brief
The United States has a deficit of nearly 40,000 primary care physicians—a situation that is expected to worsen as the population continues to age and as millions more Americans become insured through health reform.
Retail Clinic Visits and Receipt of Primary Care
November 1, 2012 | Journal Article
A public health debate is ongoing with respect to the consequences of retail clinic use.
Match Day 2013: Good News for Primary Care
March 20, 2013 | Human Capital Blog Post
More U.S. medical students “matched” to primary care residency positions this year than in 2012, according to data from the National Resident Matching Program.
Nurse Practitioners and the Primary Care Shortage
March 20, 2013 | Human Capital Blog Post
A new report examines the scope-of-practice laws and payment policies that affect how and to what extent nurse practitioners can provide primary care.
51 Million Americans Could Live in Primary Care Shortage Areas in 2014
March 6, 2013 | Human Capital Blog Post
When insurance coverage expands under health reform next year, dramatically increasing demand for primary care services, approximately 51 million Americans will be living in primary care shortage areas.
Primary Care Health Workforce in the United States
July 1, 2011 | Issue Brief
As a result of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, more than 30 million people are expected to be newly insured, many of whom will be seeking a source for primary care.
Are We There Yet?
June 1, 2012 | Journal Article
Medicine and public health should be better integrated to improve population health in the U.S. This article presents conflicts encountered in the past, and discusses initiatives that may help align community health with clinical medicine
Debt Concerns Drive Med Students Away from Primary Care
October 3, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
Feeling financial pressure to pay back student loans, medical students are choosing higher-paying specialties over primary care to secure higher incomes, according to a study.
Mount Sinai Creates Department of Family Medicine to Encourage Primary Care
September 25, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
Many elite medical schools — Columbia, Cornell, Harvard, Johns Hopkins and Yale, among them — have no departments of family medicine to train students who want to specialize in primary care.