Economic feasibility of a primary care practice.
To make informed career decisions, the new physician must acquire basic skills in medical management and health care economics and learn how to evaluate the potential survival and growth of a primary care practice. The authors have developed a model designed to aid physicians in determining the economic feasibility of establishing a practice in a specific community or joining an established practice.
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University of Oklahoma Health Science Center, Tulsa.
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D002321:Career Choice; D005240:Feasibility Studies; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D009825:Oklahoma; D010821:Physicians, Family; D011216:Practice Management, Medical; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000191:economics*; D011365:Professional Practice Location / Q000191:economics*; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires