Provision of primary care by specialist physicians: a systematic review

Patients with stable chronic diseases such as diabetes and hypertension can be safely managed at the primary care level. Yet many such patients continue to follow-up with specialists at a higher expense with no added benefit. We introduce a new term to describe this phenomenon: scope inversion, defi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Muhammad Jawad Hashim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2020-03-01
Series:Family Medicine and Community Health
Online Access:https://fmch.bmj.com/content/8/1/e000247.full