Many Americans see specialists for primary care: study

NEW YORK, Aug 22: Two in five adults in the U.S. Are getting general healthcare from specialist doctors, according to a new study showing that figure held steady for nearly a decade. Researchers found that in 1999 and 2007, approximately 59 percent of visits in the US for primary care were to family physicians. The other 41 percent were to specialists, such as internists and
obstetricians-gynecologists. (agencies)