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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMJ Publishing Group
2020-03-01
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Series: | Family Medicine and Community Health |
Online Access: | https://fmch.bmj.com/content/8/1/e000247.full |