Seventy percent of primary care physicians and sixty percent of pediatricians surveyed anticipate a decline in the number of practicing physicians as a result of healthcare reform, according to a study of physicians by research consultancy Market Strategies International.
The study also found 80 percent of primary care physicians surveyed reported their patients believe they will negatively impacted by reform.
Despite this, more than 80 percent of primary care physicians and pediatricians believe there are some beneficial parts of the healthcare reform law that should remain in place.
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The study also found 80 percent of primary care physicians surveyed reported their patients believe they will negatively impacted by reform.
Despite this, more than 80 percent of primary care physicians and pediatricians believe there are some beneficial parts of the healthcare reform law that should remain in place.
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