Comments on: Newsflash: Primary care works

By: AH

AH — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 05:44:00 +0000

Primary care also acts as a link between the disparate specialties that a patient may see and which do not often communicate with each other. The FD is often the one physicain who has a complete picture of what is happening to the patient. That also makes it more cost effective.

By: Evan

Evan — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 05:39:00 +0000

This is of course not exactly the proof we would look for, since the study is from Canada. What the study suggests is that in an environment where everyone is eligible for healthcare, having primary care is beneficial. We don’t know if the same thing is true in the US.

By: AH

AH — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 04:42:00 +0000

It is good to see proof that we family docs make a significant contribution to the wellbeing of our patients. Specialists are often considered to be more glamourous and are certainly better paid. They need to know a lot about a little whereas we need to know a little about a lot and each has its place. I still recall one of my patients who was admitted for bedrest for pre-eclampsia; she had a severe attack of migraine. The gynaecologist referred her to the neurologist who still had not shown up by the afternoon. I arrived and prescribed her some codeine and her migraine went away!

By: AH

AH — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 04:37:00 +0000

It is good to see proof that we family docs make a significant contribution to the well being of our patients. Specialists are often considered more glamourous and are certainly better paid. We have to know a little about a lot whereas specialists have to know a lot about a little and each has its place. I still recall one of my patients who was admitted for bedrest for pre-eclampsia — she had a severe attack of migraine. The gynaecologist referred her to the neurologist; when I showed up, I prescribed her some codeine and her migraine was controlled!