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Volume 335:895-898 September 19, 1996 Number 12
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A Trial of Increased Access to Primary Care

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To the Editor: The elderly patients studied by Weinberger and colleagues (May 30 issue)1 may have had additional access to physicians and nurses during the six-month period after their discharge from the hospital, but the question remains: Did they receive primary care? Too often, what is called primary care lacks the critical component of continuity of care by a physician who is specifically trained and skilled in the comprehensive first contact with and ongoing care of a population.2 Table 1 of Weinberger et al. shows that members of the study group were assigned to "primary care physicians," whom they did . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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