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The Physician Payment Review Commission in 1992 directly increased financial reimburse
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ment to clinicians who provide primary care. Coupled with a shortage of primary care provid
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ers, this incentive led medical schools to place greater emphasis on preparing primary care p
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hysicians. Competition from nonphysicians increased coincidentally as professionals from
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other disciplines stepped up to meet the needs.
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Nonphysicians have had increasing success at providing primary care and have been shown
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Even though most physicians claim to place little weight on drug advertisements,
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