Many Primary Care Doctors Not Satisfied with Their Work, Want to Quit
Posted on Wednesday, November 19 @ 09:32:38 CST by Raulken |
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By Anna Boyd A survey released this week by the Physicians’ Foundation, a non-profit group of state medical societies and physician leaders, revealed that nearly half of all US primary care physicians want to stop practicing or reduce their patient...
 Updated | Comment | Recommend E-mail | Save | Print | WHAT DOCTORS SAYA new survey suggests that the USA might see a critical shortage of primary-care doctors in the not-so-distant future. Among the findings, which were fairly consistent across specialties and across the states: • 78% think there's a shortage of primary care doctors. • 49% said that over the next three years, they plan to see fewer patients or stop practicing entirely. • 60% said they would not recommend medicine as a career. • 94% said paperwork not related to patient care has increased in the last three years. Source: The Physicians' Foundation YOU CLICKED: WEEK'S MOST POPULAR HEALTH STORIES1: Many wait: Is there an ideal age for first marriage?2: Crestor would save lives -- at $500K each3: Brain scans show romance doesn't have to fade4: Drug costs for seniors growing5: 'Marriage checkup' may prevent problems6: Singles find love, marriage after age 45No. 7-10: Diabetes, Obama and mental health By Rita Rubin, USA TODAY Primary care doctors are an endangered breed of physician, a new survey suggests. The Physicians' Foundation, an Irving, Texas, non-profit group of state medical societies and physician leaders, commissioned a survey in May of virtually every primary care doctor in the USA as well as 50,000 doctors in...
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