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"These results are particularly enlightening about the shaky future of private practice – it may go the way of Marcus Welby and the old country doc," said Serkes. "Private practice doctors say they are an endangered species whose existence is threatened by poaching by corporate medicine, insurance and government," said Serkes. "This is a slow-motion medical disaster in the making."
They survey includes 699 doctors, 23% Primary Care Providers (Internal Medicine, Family Practice), 10% General Surgery, 11% Hospital-based specialists and 56% Office-based specialists in active practice across 45 states.
Survey questions
The doctors were polled on questions like whether they are still able to practice ethical medicine, if private practice is being pushed out by corporate medicine, and how current changes impact their desire to practice.
They were asked to assess who's to blame for the current mess in health care, who is most likely to fix it, and what they think will indeed fix it.
Also: asked to grade the job the American Medical Association (AMA) is doing, if they are willing to speak publicly about problems in medicine, and how they are doing financially.
The survey, executive report, detailed analysis, and the data will be released on Friday, June 8, on the Doctor Patient Medical Association website at www.DoctorsAndPatients.org.
Please let us know if you want us to email the report to you as soon as it is available: [email protected].
Contact: Kelly Benedetti, [email protected] (202) 744-8807
SOURCE Doctor Patient Medical Association
