Medical Office Types and Healthcare Facility
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Medical Offices May be privately owned and operated by one or
more physicians or by a for-profit private company
employing its own physicians. They may also be
established by state or local government.
, Medical Practices A Medical doctor is a physician with years of
training in the diagnosis, treatment and prevention
of disease. After four years of college or university
education, four years of medical school and at
least three years of specialty training under
supervision, called residency, a physician is ready
to begin his or her career.
Solo-Physician Practice Arrangements must be made with another
physician to treat patients when the primary care
physician is unavailable. The practice is limited in
the number of patients it can effectively serve.
Many patients prefer the warm, close relationship
they enjoy with the physician and staff of a single-
physician practice. Some experts consider a close
relationship with the physician an important factor
in patient health.
Group Practice Several physicians may associate as partners to
share the expenses of operating a practice. The
high cost of medical technology, paperwork,
premiums for malpractice insurance and
expenditures for office space are more affordable
when shared.
Structures L1
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Medical Offices May be privately owned and operated by one or
more physicians or by a for-profit private company
employing its own physicians. They may also be
established by state or local government.
, Medical Practices A Medical doctor is a physician with years of
training in the diagnosis, treatment and prevention
of disease. After four years of college or university
education, four years of medical school and at
least three years of specialty training under
supervision, called residency, a physician is ready
to begin his or her career.
Solo-Physician Practice Arrangements must be made with another
physician to treat patients when the primary care
physician is unavailable. The practice is limited in
the number of patients it can effectively serve.
Many patients prefer the warm, close relationship
they enjoy with the physician and staff of a single-
physician practice. Some experts consider a close
relationship with the physician an important factor
in patient health.
Group Practice Several physicians may associate as partners to
share the expenses of operating a practice. The
high cost of medical technology, paperwork,
premiums for malpractice insurance and
expenditures for office space are more affordable
when shared.
