The traditional general practice as a specialty is on decline. Previously, general practitioners worked solo, provided comprehensive patient care and truly cared for families. Today, the young doctors prefer to work in large multispecialty groups. They are often liked to be seen as hospitalists. Two decades ago, the scenario was very different.
Employed doctors were in a minority. But the shift of physicians to the employed model has resulted in shrinkage of family medicine practice. This shrinkage is seen because: Potential Family physicians have taken jobs in hospital groups and If involved in primary care, they coordinate with and are equated with hospital the outpatient medicine There is a significant decrease in the number of family doctors who are providing maternity and pediatric care. This number has gone down as more and more number of generalist doctors are taking employed…
