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8 Reasons Why Family Physicians are the Actual Stars of Medicine

Family Medicine Initiative

Adherence to medical advice improves and unnecessary self-referrals to other doctors decrease. Patients share personal issues more easily and medical errors are more easily avoided. 25 As the following graph shows, patients with a primary care doctor are much more likely to receive preventive checks: Source: Continelli 26 7.