title: Few people in the United States can identify primary care physicians.
abstract: Almost one decade after the Institute of Medicine (IOM) defined primary care, only one third of the American public is able to identify any of the medical specialties that provide it, and only 17 percent were able to accurately distinguish primary care physicians from medical or surgical specialists and non-physicians. This lack of discrimination compromises the goal of achieving primary care for all and merits immediate attention.
authors.affiliation: Robert Graham Center: Policy Studies in Family Medicine and Primary Care, 1350 Connecticut Ave., NW, Suite 201, Washington, DC 20036, USA. policy@aafp.org
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Stock Keister
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Green
authors.forename: N B
authors.initials: NB
authors.lastname: Kahn
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Phillips
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: McCann
authors.forename: G E
authors.initials: GE
authors.lastname: Fryer
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D010819:Physician's Role; D011320:Primary Health Care; D014481:United States