http://healthcare-economist.com/2008/03/04/are-family-physicians-good-for-you/ Tue, 07 Sep 2010 20:09:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://healthcare-economist.com/2008/03/04/are-family-physicians-good-for-you/comment-page-1/#comment-563 Our Own System » Blog Archive » Finals Week Reading… Thu, 06 Mar 2008 12:06:07 +0000 http://healthcare-economist.com/2008/03/04/are-family-physicians-good-for-you/#comment-563 [...] larger mess we’re going to be in in a few years).  The Healthcare Economist blog has a good post on a recent study on the effect of family physicians on health improvement, “When FP supply [...] [...] larger mess we’re going to be in in a few years).  The Healthcare Economist blog has a good post on a recent study on the effect of family physicians on health improvement, “When FP supply [...]

]]> http://healthcare-economist.com/2008/03/04/are-family-physicians-good-for-you/comment-page-1/#comment-564 Ian Furst Tue, 04 Mar 2008 12:33:38 +0000 http://healthcare-economist.com/2008/03/04/are-family-physicians-good-for-you/#comment-564 I don't have access to the full article but i would ask what happened in areas of higher age and lower FP's. What did the patients do for their medical care. I think, the implication is they waited longer and had only modest adverse effects on their health. But did they choose alternate sources of care or private care in more remote locals? I guess the larger question what did people do in the face of lower FP's because if they sought care elsewhere any effect by the lower FP's would appear dampened in this study. <a href="http://www.waittimes.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">www.waittimes.blogspot.com</a> I don’t have access to the full article but i would ask what happened in areas of higher age and lower FP’s. What did the patients do for their medical care. I think, the implication is they waited longer and had only modest adverse effects on their health. But did they choose alternate sources of care or private care in more remote locals? I guess the larger question what did people do in the face of lower FP’s because if they sought care elsewhere any effect by the lower FP’s would appear dampened in this study. http://www.waittimes.blogspot.com

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