Study finds more Americans bypassing their personal physician when immediate treatment required
Tuesday, September 7, 2010 - 10:07
in Health & Medicine
Only 45 percent of the 354 million annual visits for acute care in the United States are made to patients' personal physicians, as Americans increasingly make busy emergency departments, specialists or outpatient care departments their first point of contact for treatment of new health problems or a flare up of a chronic condition like asthma or diabetes.