Unfortunately, most primary care physicians know little or nothing about naltrexone, Dr. Willenbring said.
In Colorado, "Most primary care physicians do not have any vaccine at this time," Dr. Mostow said.
through the doctor that provides them with the most primary care services.
A fitness program that consists of modified sports may be of interest to most primary care patients under age 50.
She sees her patients once a month, a frequency that, for most primary care doctors, "is almost unheard-of".
Most primary care doctors treat too many patients to provide the attention that diabetics need, or to check for the disease, he said.
Resistant staph, Dr. Gullet said, are "more invasive and more pervasive" than the strains most primary care doctors are used to treating.
Having said that, I must admit that most primary care practices usually don't perform preventive medicine in an efficient and effective way.
Before Dr. Kaminetsky became a concierge doctor five years ago he had 2,500 patients in his practice -- a standard number for most primary care internists.
But most primary care providers in this country — clinicians who are part of practices with five or fewer physicians — cannot afford to pay for additional help.
Taking care of sick patients is challenge enough, but having to deal with the interruptions imposed on them by H.M.O.'s is getting to be too much for most primary care doctors.
