Specialist trying to do primary care indication of imbalance

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http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/769544?src=mpnews

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Perhaps they are just angling for that primary care bonus that keeps getting bandied about... I mean, heck... if they're providing almost half of all primary care....

 

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Perhaps they are just angling for that primary care bonus that keeps getting bandied about... I mean, heck... if they're providing almost half of all primary care....

Last time I heard, ob/gyns can be listed as primary care doctors for women, and (I think) allergists can be considered primary care doctors for people with significant allergies or asthma. Plus podiatrists are at least trying to be considered primary care physicians of the foot and ankle (which is kind of the same thing as being a foot and ankle specialist, so...). Aside from that, aren't FM doctors and IM generalists the only primary care doctors?

It seems silly that so much primary care comes from specialists. I think it's either a lack of PCP appointment availability or a lack of patient education. I mean, my mom -- in spite of being related to a future-PCP -- usually sees specialists for her primary care problems because she thinks that more training = better at everything. Now that I'm in medical school, though, it's really obvious that specializing does not make someone better at generalizing.