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Health Insurance Versus Personal Physician
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Richard Roetzheim, Tampa, USA Professor of Family Medicine, U. of South Florida
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The authors have done a fine job bringing light to the interplay between health insurance and having a personal physician. It would appear that health insurance is a necessary but not sufficient condition to achieve colorectal cancer screening. Screening for colorectal cancer is a complex and demanding task that requires significant patient education and encouragement to accomplish. Success often requires a series of health care visits with a personal and trusted physician. Competing interests: None declared |
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Thomas C. Rosenthal, Buffalo, NY Professor and Chair
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Cardarella and Thomas have done a great service to our specialty of family medicine and primary care in general. Using independent, and relatively inpersonal, objective data from the BRFSS data base collected by the CDC they have demonstrated another advantage afforded patients who have a personal care physician. We are not perfect but we do deliver a quality product to our patients. This article challenges family medicine to do even better by incorporating aspects of the medical home that will increase our efficiency and ability to deliver a patient centered quality care product. Team care and tracking systems can increase the percentage of our patients getting recommended care. Rosenthal, TC. The Medical Home: Growing evidence to support a new approach to primary care. J Am Board Fam Med. 2008;21(5):427-440 Competing interests: None declared |
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