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PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE—ITS PROVISION CAN BE MADE COMPETITIVELY ATTRACTIVE TO PHYSICIANS
Author(s) -
Garrison Glen E.
Publication year - 1971
Publication title -
journal of the american geriatrics society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.992
H-Index - 232
eISSN - 1532-5415
pISSN - 0002-8614
DOI - 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1971.tb02578.x
Subject(s) - medicine , front line , incentive , health care , nursing , family medicine , primary care , variety (cybernetics) , front (military) , attractiveness , medical care , public health , medical education , economic growth , psychology , engineering , artificial intelligence , political science , computer science , psychoanalysis , law , economics , microeconomics , mechanical engineering
A bstract The greatest deficiency in health care in the United States is the inadequate supply of family‐oriented or front‐line medical care. In order to improve the attractiveness of front‐line medical practice, physicians who publicly make their major commitment to it should be assured access to appropriate facilities and to the services of an adequate volume and variety of assistants provided at public expense, as is now done for medical subspecialists. Family medicine programs should be established in medical schools to provide the greatly needed education and research in front‐line health care. In the future the methods of financing health care should include mechanisms to provide special incentives to attract professional health‐care workers to dedicate their careers to solving the most serious deficiencies that may develop.