In the Veterans Affairs Health Care System, 10.87% of primary care appointments were either missed or canceled on the day of the appointment.

A primary care physician is a health manager. They are in clinics, long-term care facilities, private practices, outpatient hospital settings, inpatient hospital settings, and group practices ...

The South Florida Sun Sentinel asked readers to share their experiences with primary care providers.Readers responded by email, describing their long wait times and rushed appointments. Some noted ...

Instead, he said, the U.S. health care system must address the low pay and lack of support.. And yet, some schools find a way to produce significant proportions of primary care doctors — through ...

Late last year, California’s Office of Health Care Affordability set a target to make primary care account for 15% of total healthcare spending by 2034, more than double the current proportion.

Cliff DesPeaux’s recent hunt for health care has left his head spinning. The 36-year-old father likes his current primary care doctor in Redmond. But after he and his family moved from Snohomish ...

About one in five Rhode Islanders receives primary care from a community health center; The centers are facing a financial crisis because of rising costs, increased usage of services and drying up ...

Health experts say a primary care physician is a critical component of good health care, providing early detection, preventive care, chronic disease management, coordination of care with ...

The state has in recent years embraced several initiatives recommended in an influential health care workforce report, including alternative payment arrangements for primary care doctors to earn more.