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Towards a Fundamental Unit of Continuity of Care [Health care services, delivery, and financing]

Annals of Family Medicine

Study Design and Analysis: Retrospective cohort study of patients in 2018-19 Virginia All Payer Claims Database (APCD). Patients were attributed to the PCPs with whom they had the most visits in 2018.

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8 Reasons Why Family Physicians are the Actual Stars of Medicine

Family Medicine Initiative

More GPs = Higher Life Expectancy Did you know that people in areas with more GPs live longer ? Studies from the USA showed that adding one GP per 10,000 inhabitants was associated with 2-5 fewer deaths 5 , 6 and 4 fewer hospitalizations 5 annually. 11 , 13 Over time, GPs come to know their patients well.