How are primary care physician (PCP) and specialist defined?
In the CTS Physician Survey, a physician is considered a primary care physician (PCP) if most of his/her patient care time is spent in a primary care specialty (family practice, general practice, internal medicine, general pediatrics, internal medicine/pediatrics, adolescent medicine, or geriatric medicine). All other physicians are placed in the specialist category.
In the CTS and Health Tracking Physician Surveys, a physician is considered a primary care physician (PCP) if most of his/her patient care time is spent in a primary care specialty (family practice, general practice, internal medicine, general pediatrics, internal medicine/pediatrics, adolescent medicine, or geriatric medicine). All other physicians are placed in the specialist category.
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