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A COVID-19 Personal Story

Metro Family Physicians

The 2019-2020 season INFLUENZA deaths in the US were 34,200 out of 35.5 She is 30 years old, a Pharmacy Technician, with mild intermittent asthma (that is, she needs her inhaler ONLY when she has a cold). Steph was intubated the morning of 4/17/2020, one of 52 patients on ventilators in the ICU. As I write this, the U.S.

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8 Reasons Why Family Physicians are the Actual Stars of Medicine

Family Medicine Initiative

Austria 14 Canada 15 France 16 Norway 17 Japan 18 USA 19 Sweden 20 Average GP visits 336 238 235 214 206 101 87 202 Specialist visits 284 70 98 91 70 102 44 108 Hospitalizations 38 8 28 14 6 7 13 16 Family physicians provide accessible and comprehensive care for most healthcare needs, most diseases, and all organs.