{"title":"Why I chose an HMO.","authors":"M Burger","doi":"","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The advantages of family practice in an HMO are fixed hours, excellent call coverage, and immediate, steady outcome. Its disadvantages are less control over administrative decisions, less continuity of coverage than in solo practice, and great sensitivity to economic pressures. The author discusses how he came to his decision to practice family medicine in an HMO.</p>","PeriodicalId":79717,"journal":{"name":"Resident and staff physician","volume":"35 3","pages":"96-8, 100"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1989-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Resident and staff physician","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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The advantages of family practice in an HMO are fixed hours, excellent call coverage, and immediate, steady outcome. Its disadvantages are less control over administrative decisions, less continuity of coverage than in solo practice, and great sensitivity to economic pressures. The author discusses how he came to his decision to practice family medicine in an HMO.