Physician departures from Medicare have increased, with primary care physicians experiencing the highest exit rates, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. Contributing factors include ...

The federal government must aggressively bolster primary care and connect more Americans with a dedicated source of care, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine warn in a major ...

Internal medicine represents the largest primary care specialty, with 41.4% of all primary care physicians practicing in this field, according to new data from KFF. In contrast, geriatrics represents ...

Despite the pandemic, physician compensation remained steady in 2020, with a modest increase in compensation for primary care physicians and a slight increase for specialty physicians. Looking first ...

Implementing systemwide dissemination of feedback reports to primary care physicians in an integrated delivery system may be associated with changes in medical resource use. Objectives: To measure ...

Having to travel more than 30 km to see a family doctor can negatively affect access to healthcare, including routine ...

In 2010, approximately 209,000 physicians, 56,000 nurse practitioners and 30,000 physician assistants were practicing primary care, according to research commissioned by the Agency for Healthcare ...

Hospitalists are doctors, typically trained in the field of internal medicine, who provide care only in hospital environments. This specialty has evolved since the early 1990s as a way to provide more ...

When you have a primary care physician — the doctor you go to each year for an annual checkup and when you are sick — you increase your chances of living a longer, healthier life, according to ...