5 Types of Primary Care Doctors originally appeared on usnews.com Update 05/15/24: This story was published at an earlier date and has been update with new information.

While there are many types of specialists, like a cardiologist or oncologist, that provide care for specific cases and instances, the one type of doctor everyone should have is a primary care doctor.

More than 40 percent of all primary care physicians are employed by large delivery systems, with many markets at 70 to 80 percent primary care employment, as opposed to 2004, when only ...

There are several types of doctors who work as primary care physicians: -- A family medicine physician cares for the whole person through all stages of life, from infant to older age.

A new provision related to direct primary care (DPC) in the recently enacted reconciliation bill will create more ...

The new partnership between Walmart and Doctor On Demand features an innovative approach to primary care through telemedicine, says Hill Ferguson, MBA, CEO of the San Francisco–based telehealth ...

Beyond the adult primary care providers are 11 internal medicine specialists, 11 pediatricians and also doctors in specialty areas such as gastroenterology, neurology, obstetrics, gynecology ...