Primary Physician Shortage | Healthmad
n the United States, primary care doctors are expected to decline by thirty percent during the next twenty years. They are already in short supply as medical students turn to specialties. Primary care physicians are the first line of defence and prevention for serious illnesses. They are pediatricians, family physicians and internal medical doctors. They take care of the usual ailments, write prescriptions and send those who require specialized care to hospitals and specialists. Primary care doctors make up about fifty percent of physicians in other developed countries but in the U.S. about thirty percent. It’s a serious shortage and it’s all a matter of money
