title: Primary care: life in the pressure cooker.
abstract: Primary care practices are under constant pressure of increased demand for their services, even as their numbers decrease. They are often scheduled to see too many patients in a day. Government and other third-party payors continue to reimburse them at a comparatively low level, despite evidence that more PCPs in an area improves care. Groups that want to stay in practice need to run their practice like a business.
authors.affiliation: Medical Practice Consulting, P.O. Box 964, Springfield, VT 05156, USA. betsy@vermontel.net
authors.forename: Betsy
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Nicoletti
mesh_terms: D003132:Commerce / Q000191:economics; D005245:Fee Schedules; D006801:Humans; D007349:Insurance, Health, Reimbursement / Q000191:economics*; D010821:Physicians, Family; D011216:Practice Management, Medical / Q000191:economics*; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014481:United States