Karen Brown
Health Correspondent at Radio New Zealand (RNZ)
Health Correspondent, Radio New Zealand
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1 week ago |
healthleadersmedia.com | Karen Brown
Many physicians who've made the change say it resolved some of the pressures they faced in primary care. The trade magazine Concierge Medicine Today estimates there are 7,000 to 22,000 concierge physicians in the U.S. Membership fees range from $1,000 to as high as $50,000 a year. Critics say concierge medicine helps only patients who have extra money to spend on healthcare, while shrinking the supply of more traditional primary care practices in a community.
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3 weeks ago |
conciergemedicinetoday.org | Karen Brown
In other words, she said, serving only 300 patients is still better than serving zero. Many doctors who made the change have said it resolves, at least on an individual level, some of the pressures they face in primary care, such as too many patients to see in too short a time. Subscribe to get the latest posts sent to your email.
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3 weeks ago |
kuow.org | Karen Brown
Michele Andrews had been seeing her internist in Northampton, Massachusetts for about 10 years. She was happy with the care, although she did start to notice it was harder to get an appointment. "You'd call and you're talking about weeks to a month," said Andrews. That's not surprising, as most workplace surveys show the supply of primary care doctors has fallen well below the demand.
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4 weeks ago |
npr.org | Karen Brown
Long wait times for appointments at your doctor? You can now become a 'member' Audio will be available later today. There's a critical shortage of primary care doctors across the country, and long wait times for appointments. In response, there are 12,000 "concierge" medical practices now operating in the U.S. that charge patients membership fees. But is this trend worsening the ongoing shortage of primary care doctors for everyone else? Sponsor Message
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4 weeks ago |
wfdd.org | Karen Brown |Michel Martin
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