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Who Provides What Services to Children in Private Medical Practice?
Arlan L. Rosenbloom, MD;
James P. Ongley
Am J Dis Child. 1974;127(3):357-361.
Abstract
All 277 million contacts between patients 0 to 15 years old and private practitioners in 1971 were analyzed to determine reasons for the contacts and their distribution among the various types of physicians. Pediatricians and generalists account for 75% of contacts in equal numbers, but half the pediatrician's contacts are babies, and he does twice as much well-child care as the generalist. Though he sees relatively few children, the internist approaches the ideal of consulting pediatrician much more closely than does the pediatrician in practice. The present number of pediatricians could provide or direct all medical services for children by the use of non-physician assistants, improved training in the organization of child-care practice, the captaincy of a pediatric health team, and child health advocacy in the community.
Author Affiliations
Gainesville, Fla
From the Department of Pediatrics, University of Florida (Gainesville) College of Medicine.
Footnotes
Received for publication June 7, 1973; accepted Aug 22.
Read before the 13th annual meeting of the Ambulatory Pediatric Association, San Francisco, May 16, 1973.
Reprint requests to Department of Pediatrics, University of Florida College of Medicine. Gainesville, FL 32610 (Dr. Rosenbloom).
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