RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Patients With High-Cost Chronic Conditions Rely Heavily on Primary Care Physicians
JF The Journal of the American Board of Family
                Medicine
JO J Am Board Fam Med
FD American Board of Family Medicine
SP 11
OP 12
DO 10.3122/jabfm.2014.01.130128
VO 27
IS 1
A1 Manisha A. Sharma
A1 Newton Cheng
A1 Miranda Moore
A1 Megan Coffman
A1 Andrew W. Bazemore
YR 2014
UL http://www.jabfm.org/content/27/1/11.abstract
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).