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Primary care: will more family doctors improve health care?

Article Abstract:

Some critics of the ever-increasing cost of health care in America beleive that increasing the number of general practitioners and nurse practitioners while decreasing the number of specialists could reduce costs and provide care for more people. Specialists claim that reducing their numbers would result in a poorer quality of care. Cost-conscious care providers, such as HMOs, are hopping on the general practitioner bandwagon, however. The effects on medical schools and health care in general are discussed.

Analysis, Management, Medicine, Supply and demand, Curricula, Medical care, Cost of, Health care costs, Medical colleges, Medical schools, Medical policy, Health policy, Health care reform, Physicians (General practice), General practitioners, Medical specialties

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Does year-round education improve academic performance?

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Some people believe that the traditional school calendar should be revised to offer education on a continuous basis throughout the year with shorter breaks to maximize learning. Other people believe that shorter breaks year-round will provide children with more opportunities to forget what they learned. They further say that year-round programs only provide a temporary solution to overcrowding in schools.

Education, Calendar, Year-round schools, Year round school

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