According to a study published in JAMA Internal Medicine, a greater number of primary care physicians per capita was associated with improved life expectancy, suggesting that physician supply has an important effect on population health.
The investigators of this observational study sought to identify changes in primary care physician supply at the local level and to examine associations between population-level physician supply and mortality across US counties between 2005 and 2015.
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March 25, 2019
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