Can Urgent Care Be the ‘Rebound’ When PCPs Break Up with Patients?

Can Urgent Care Be the ‘Rebound’ When PCPs Break Up with Patients?

The practice of physicians dismissing patients from their care seems to be on the uptick in recent years, according to a new report in JAMA Internal Medicine. Roughly 90% of the 794 practices that were part of the study have “fired” patients in the past 2 years—with 8% saying they’ve terminated relationships with ≥51 patients in that time. The greatest portion of participants (67%) has let up to 20 patients go. Only 10% have not …

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