PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Manisha A. Sharma
AU  - Newton Cheng
AU  - Miranda Moore
AU  - Megan Coffman
AU  - Andrew W. Bazemore
TI  - Patients With High-Cost Chronic Conditions Rely Heavily on Primary Care Physicians
AID  - 10.3122/jabfm.2014.01.130128
DP  - 2014 Jan 01
TA  - The Journal of the American Board of Family
                Medicine
PG  - 11--12
VI  - 27
IP  - 1
4099  - http://www.jabfm.org/content/27/1/11.short
4100  - http://www.jabfm.org/content/27/1/11.full
SO  - J Am Board Fam Med2014 Jan 01; 27
AB  - Today's US physician workforce principally comprises specialists trained in the care of specific chronic conditions in the outpatient setting. However, a majority of patients seeking care for most of 14 high-cost chronic conditions, for example hypertension, were more likely to see a primary care physician than a specialist physician (69% vs. 24%, respectively).