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Feature|Slideshows|June 9, 2023
Survey results: Threats, opportunities facing primary care physicians
Author(s)Jeffrey Bendix, Logan Lutton
What’s the state of primary care? Physicians told us in our exclusive survey.
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Medical Economics asked our audience of internal and family medicine physicians about the state of primary care, including how much time they spend with patients, how they make treatment decisions and what they see as the major opportunities and threats facing the field of primary care today.
Click through the slideshow to see the results.
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